title: Nocardia arthritidisas a cause of disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: A case of disseminated nocardiosis caused byNocardia arthritidisin an immunocompromised patient with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis is presented. This report highlights the use for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) in addition to single gene molecular sequencing to identify rareNocardiaspecies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 117 N 11th Street, PAV 207, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
authors.forename: Amity L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, United States.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.affiliation: Immunocompromised Host Program, Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
authors.forename: Alison G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Freifeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Iwen
keywords: Arthritidis; Disseminated; Nocardia; Nocardiosis