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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2088-2089, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00263-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Isolation of Nocardia asiatica from Cutaneous Ulcers of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient in Italy{triangledown}

Elisabetta Iona,1 Federico Giannoni,1 Lara Brunori,1 Michele de Gennaro,2 Romano Mattei,3 and Lanfranco Fattorini1*

Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy,1 Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Campo di Marte, Lucca, Italy,2 Laboratorio di Analisi Chimico-Cliniche e Microbiologiche, Ospedale Campo di Marte, Lucca, Italy3

Received 1 February 2007/ Returned for modification 18 March 2007/ Accepted 9 April 2007

A strain of Nocardia was isolated from cutaneous ulcers of a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient in Italy. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate represented a strain of Nocardia asiatica. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was essential to guide the clinicians to successfully treat this infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Phone: 39 06 49903167. Fax: 39 06 49387112. E-mail: lanfranco.fattorini{at}iss.it

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 April 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2088-2089, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00263-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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