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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1918-1919, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00090-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Spanish Case of Nocardiosis Caused by Nocardia takedensis{triangledown}

A. Betrán,1 A. Rezusta,1 M. A. Lezcano,1 M. C. Villuendas,1 M. J. Revillo,1 P. Boiron,2 and V. Rodríguez-Nava2*

Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (I+CS), Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain,1 Université de Lyon, France, Research Group on Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment, CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Lyon 1, UMR 5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Observatoire Français des Nocardioses, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon, France2

Received 15 January 2009/ Returned for modification 5 March 2009/ Accepted 9 April 2009

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Paseo Isabel la Católica 1-3, Zaragoza 50009, Spain. Phone: 34 976 765 542. Fax: 34 976 765 541. E-mail:abetrane{at}salud.aragon.es

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1918-1919, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00090-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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