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A Rare Case of Disseminated Nocardia transvalensis in an Immunocompetent Host [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: Nocardia are a group of bacteria known to cause pulmonary, cutaneous, neurologic, or disseminated diseases, usually in immunocompromised hosts.
Branavan Ragunanthan, Kevin Wunderly, James Kleshinski, Caitlyn Hollingshead   +3 more
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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Nocardia species isolates [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance is prevalent across Nocardia species, with varying resistance profiles among different species, which poses significant challenges to effective treatment strategies.
Ziyu Song, Ziyu Song, Bingqian Du, Min Yuan, Jirao Shen, Shuai Xu, Wanchun Guan, Binghuai Lu, Zhenjun Li, Zhenjun Li   +9 more
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Evaluation of Atypical Bacteria Involved in Recurrent Deterioration of Symptoms in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]

JLUMHS, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the bacterial colonies involved in the recurrent deterioration of symptoms in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. METHODOLOGY: This is an observational cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Noman Rashid, Zulfiqar Laghari, Riaz Shahid, Saleemullah Atta Abro, Qurratulain Saleem, Beenish Noman   +5 more
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Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of the Nocardia Species in China, 2009 to 2021

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
The genus Nocardia includes ubiquitous environmental saprophytes and the most frequently isolated aerobic actinomycete human pathogen responsible for localized or disseminated infection.
Hao Wang, Yue Zhu, Qiaozhen Cui, Wenming Wu, Gang Li, Dongke Chen, Lili Xiang, Jiuxin Qu, Dongyan Shi, Binghuai Lu   +9 more
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Clinical screening of Nocardia in sputum smears based on neural networks

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
ObjectiveNocardia is clinically rare but highly pathogenic in clinical practice. Due to the lack of Nocardia screening methods, Nocardia is often missed in diagnosis, leading to worsening the condition. Therefore, this paper proposes a Nocardia screening
Hong Sun, Xuanmeng Xie, Yaqi Wang, Juan Wang, Tongyang Deng   +4 more
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Molecular identification of nocardia isolates from clinical samples and an overview of human nocardiosis in Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BackgroundNocardia sp. causes a variety of clinical presentations. The incidence of nocardiosis varies geographically according to several factors, such as the prevalence of HIV infections, transplants, neoplastic and rheumatic diseases, as well as ...
Paulo Victor Pereira Baio, Juliana Nunes Ramos, Louisy Sanches dos Santos, Morgana Fonseca Soriano, Elisa Martins Ladeira, Mônica Cristina Souza, Thereza Cristina Ferreira Camello, Marcio Garcia Ribeiro, Raphael Hirata Junior, Verônica Viana Vieira, Ana Luíza Mattos-Guaraldi   +10 more
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Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objective: Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method: From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected.
Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Samira Afroz, Asif Mujtaba Mahmud, Tasmiah Selim, Taskina Akhter, Tamanna Sultana, Sadia Taskeen   +6 more
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Clinical Nocardia species: Identification, clinical characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility in Shandong, China

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2020
Nocardia is a pathogen responsible for a variety of clinical infections. Here, we aimed to investigate the species distribution, clinical manifestations, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Nocardia species over 3 years in two tertiary general hospitals
Shu-Hua Lu, Zhen-Wen Qian, Pei-Pei Mou, Lian Xie   +3 more
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Nocardia kroppenstedtii sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a lung transplant patient with a pulmonary infection [PDF]

, 2014
An actinomycete, strain N1286T, isolated from a lung transplant patient with a pulmonary infection, was provisionally assigned to the genus Nocardia. The strain had chemotaxonomic and morphological properties typical of members of the genus Nocardia and ...
Amanda L. Jones, Andrew. J. Fisher, Andrews, Brown-Elliott, Collins, Eoin P. Judge, Everest, Felsenstein, Felsenstein, Gonzalez, Goodfellow, Goodfellow, Goodfellow, Gordon, Hasegawa, Isik, Jannat-Khah, John D. Perry, Jukes, Kate Gould, Kim, Kimberley Boagey, Kluge, Kroppenstedt, Kämpfer, Lechevalier, Margaret M. Hannan, Michael Goodfellow, Minnikin, Minnikin, Moser, Rahul Mahida, Ros Brown, Saitou, Sazak, Staneck, Sutcliffe, Tamura, Uchida   +38 more
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Phenotypic characterization of Nocardia spp. isolated from Iran soil microflora

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2015
Aims: The present study was conducted to identify Nocardia spp. from Iran soil by various phenotypic tests. Materials and Methods: A total of 300 soil samples were collected of five different geographical regions in Iran.
Shadi Habibnia, Masoumeh Rasouli Nasab, Parvin Heidarieh, Mehdi Fatahi Bafghi, Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Seyyed Saeed Eshraghi   +5 more
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