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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2002, p. 1098-1099, Vol. 40, No. 3
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1098-1099.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Fatal Pulmonary Nocardia farcinica Infection

Pedro De La Iglesia,^* Guillermo Viejo, Beatriz Gomez, Dolores De Miguel, Asuncion Del Valle, and Luis Otero⁰

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Received 13 June 2001/ Returned for modification 24 September 2001/ Accepted 14 December 2001

Nocardia farcinica infections are rare and potentially life threatening. Identification is based on growth at 45°C, opacification of Middlebrook 7H10 agar, and resistance to antibiotics. We describe a case of fatal pulmonary N. farcinica infection in a patient with pneumoconiosis that was diagnosed by culture of sputum onto selective media.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Cabueñes s/n, 33394 Gijón, Spain. Phone: 985 185027. Fax: 985 185022. E-mail: pedro_de_la_iglesia{at}hotmail.com.

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2002, p. 1098-1099, Vol. 40, No. 3
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1098-1099.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.