Nocardia transvalensis
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Nocardia transvalensis
- A species within the genus Nocardia
- Case reports for the species include pneumonia, brain abscess, mycetoma, keratitis, pneumonia1
- Unlike other members of its genus, it has intrinsic resistance to aminoglycosides and decreased susceptibility to cotrimoxazole, cephalosporins, imipenem, and linezolid
References
- ^ Jorge García-Méndez, Erika M. Carrillo-Casas, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Margarita Leyva-Leyva, Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Roberto Arenas, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro. Nocardia transvalensis Disseminated Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2016;2016:1-3. doi:10.1155/2016/3818969.
