title: Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum.
abstract: We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.
authors.affiliation: Microbiología. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (I+CS), Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009. Zaragoza , Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Betrán
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Villuendas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rezusta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moles
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Revillo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boiron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bello
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Nava
keywords: 16SrRNA gene; Nocardia otitidiscaviarum; pneumonia
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