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Infections caused by Gordonia species at a medical centre in Taiwan, 1997 to 2008.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Lai C C, Wang C Y, Liu C Y, Tan C K, Lin S H, Liao C H, Chou C H, Huang Y T, Lin H I, Hsueh P R
Abstract excerpt
The inability of conventional identification systems to accurately identify Gordonia spp. often results in the misdiagnosis of infections by these rare pathogens, which require genomic sequencing for precise identification. In the present study, we describe nine cases of the various types of infection caused by Gordonia spp. From 1997 to 2008, 66 isolates (from 30 patients) initially identified as Rhodoccus spp....
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