First Spanish Case of Nocardiosis Caused by <i>Nocardia takedensis</i>

Ana Pilar Betrán, Antonio Rezusta, María Antonia Lezcano, M.C. Villuendas, Ma José Revillo, Patrick Boiron, V. Rodríguez-Nava

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2009 · 16 citations · 9 references

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Nocardia takedensis is a recently described species isolated from soil. The first clinical isolate in Japan has recently been reported. This report describes the first clinical isolate of N. takedensis in Spain from a respiratory specimen.

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