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Genome insights into the pharmaceutical and plant growth promoting features of the novel species Nocardia alni sp. nov

BMC Genomics, 2022
Background Recent studies highlighted the biosynthetic potential of nocardiae to produce diverse novel natural products comparable to that of Streptomyces , thereby making them an attractive source of new drug leads.
I. Nouioui, Sung-min Ha, Inwoo Baek, J. Chun, M. Goodfellow   +4 more
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Molecular, cellular and neurological consequences of infection by the neglected human pathogen Nocardia

BMC Biology, 2022
Background Nocardia is a facultative intracellular pathogen that infects the lungs and brains of immunocompromised patients with consequences that can be fatal.
Xingzhao Ji, Lichao Han, Weiying Zhang, Li-na Sun, Shuai Xu, X. Qiu, Shihong Fan, Zhenjun Li   +7 more
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Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Patients With Brain Abscess due to Nocardia Species

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Nocardial brain abscesses are rare, and published literature describing brain abscesses due to Nocardia species is limited to individual case reports or small series.
C. Corsini Campioli, Natalia E. Castillo Almeida, J. O’Horo, D. Challener, J. R. Go, D. DeSimone, M. Sohail   +6 more
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Rose Bengal and Riboflavin Mediated Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy Against Selected South Florida Nocardia Keratitis Isolates

Translational Vision Science & Technology, 2022
Purpose To examine and compare the efficacy of in vitro growth inhibition using rose bengal and riboflavin photodynamic antimicrobial therapy (PDAT) for Nocardia keratitis isolates.
Ethan Adre, H. Durkee, Alejandro Arboleda, Karam A. Alawa, J. Maestre, Keenan J. Mintz, R. Leblanc, G. Amescua, J. Parel, Darlene Miller   +9 more
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Natural Products from Nocardia and Their Role in Pathogenicity

Microbial Physiology, 2021
Nocardia spp. are filamentous Actinobacteria of the order Corynebacteriales and mostly known for their ability to cause localized and systemic infections in humans.
Alicia Engelbrecht, Hamada H. Saad, H. Gross, Leonard Kaysser   +3 more
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MLSA phylogeny and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Nocardia isolates: a multicenter retrospective study in China

BMC Microbiology, 2021
Background With the increase of detection rate and long treatment period, nocardiosis has become a noticeable problem in China. However, there are limited large-scale studies on the epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of clinical ...
M. Wei, Xinmin Xu, Jingxian Yang, Peng Wang, Yongzhe Liu, Shuai Wang, Chun-xia Yang, Li Gu   +7 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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Molecular identification and antibiotic resistance pattern of actinomycetes isolates among immunocompromised patients in Iran, emerging of new infections

Scientific Reports, 2021
Recent advancements in DNA-based approaches have led to the identification of uncommon and rare bacterial pathogens. In this study, by utilizing a DNA-based approach, a total of 1043 clinical specimens were processed for the identification of ...
Hossein Ali Rahdar, Shahram Mahmoudi, Abbas Bahador, Fereshteh Ghiasvand, Fatemah Sadeghpour Heravi, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of a novel drug-resistant community-acquired Nocardia spp. in a patient with bronchiectasis

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
A previously unknown Nocardia species was isolated from the lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of a 58-year-old woman with bronchiectasis and recurrent pneumonia.
Zhengtu Li, Yongming Li, Shaoqiang Li, Zhun Li, Ying Mai, Jing Cheng, Danhong Su, Yangqing Zhan, Nanshan Zhong, Feng Ye   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population-based microbiological characterization of <i>Nocardia</i> strains causing invasive infections during a multiyear period in a large Canadian healthcare region. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Church D, Peirano G, Ugarte-Torres A, Naugler C.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources