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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2257-2259, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00133-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Organisms Designated as Nocardia asteroides Drug Pattern Type VI Are Members of the Species Nocardia cyriacigeorgica{triangledown}

Patricia S. Conville* and Frank G. Witebsky

Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1508, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1508

Received 18 January 2007/ Returned for modification 12 April 2007/ Accepted 24 April 2007

Nocardia cyriacigeorgica has recently been described as an "emerging" pathogen. However, DNA-DNA hybridization results confirm that Nocardia asteroides drug pattern type VI, which has long been recognized as a common and significant pathogen in the United States, belongs to the species N. cyriacigeorgica.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1508, Bethesda, MD 20892-1508. Phone: (301) 496-4433. Fax: (301) 402-1886. E-mail: pconville{at}nih.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 May 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2007, p. 2257-2259, Vol. 45, No. 7
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00133-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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