Diffuse meningo-encefalitys due to Nocardia farcinica in a young kidney transplant recipient: identification of the strain using sequencing of hsp65 gene
Genus Nocardia belongs to aerobic Actinomycetes, a wide group of polymorphous Gram+, fixed and acapsusalated, branching, partially acid-fast bacilli. Nocardia organism are ubiquitous, soil-borne actinomycetes that usually infect humans as a result of the inhalation of airborne bacilli or traumatic i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Microbiologia Medica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2418 |