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Necrotizing Pneumonia and Empyema in an Immunocompetent Patient Caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica and Identified by 16S rRNA and secA1 Sequencing

  • Yi, Changmin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Min-Jung (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ki, Chang-Seok (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Nam Yong (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Joo, Eun-Jeong (Division of Infectious Diseases, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yeom, Joon-Sup (Division of Infectious Diseases, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Woo, Hee-Yeon (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Hyosoon (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.05.09
  • Accepted : 2013.09.04
  • Published : 2014.01.02
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