Norcardia sp.

Nope this organism did not cause Helen's condition. A relatively rare cause of pneumonia. It is a partially  acid-fast positive, gram stain positive. It does not uniformly retain stains and the organisms appear as delicate beaded branched filaments. The organism grows on most routine lab media in about a weeks time. Try again.

Do you need to go back and look at Helen again?
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