Cavitary pneumonia caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

Betrán, AVilluendas, M.CRezusta, AMoles, BRubio, M.C)Revillo, M.JBoiron, PBello, SRodríguez-Nava, V

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.

1. pneumonia
2. Nocardia otitidiscaviarum
3. 16SrRNA gene