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Braz. j. microbiol
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41(2): 329-332, Apr.-June 2010. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-545338
ABSTRACT
We report a case of cavitary pneumonia caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a man with diabetes mellitus and thrombocytopenia treated with systemic corticosteroid. Taxonomic identification involved phenotypic testing and molecular identification that was carried out by DNA sequencing of the 16SrRNA gene.