Correction to: BMC Res Notes (2018) 11:488 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3604-2

Following publication of the original article [1], a typesetting mistake is reported. The captions of Figs. 2 and 3 were interchanged. The correct combination of the figures and captions (Figs. 2, 3) is given in this Correction and the original article has been updated.

Fig. 2
figure 2

Colonial morphology of Nocardia species on a LJ media; b blood agar; c chocolate agar: whitish chalky adherent colonies of Nocardia species

Fig. 3
figure 3

AFB staining: partially acid-fast branching rod suggestive Nocardia species on modified. Kinyounstain (×1000 original magnification)

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