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Multispecies Outbreak of Nocardia Infections in Heart Transplant Recipients and Association with Climate Conditions, Australia [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
A multispecies outbreak of Nocardia occurred among heart transplant recipients (HTR), but not lung transplant recipients (LTR), in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during 2018–2019.
Jonathan Li, Cindy Lau, Naomi Anderson, Fay Burrows, Feras Mirdad, Lilibeth Carlos, Andrew J. Pitman, Kavitha Muthiah, David R. Darley, David Andresen, Peter Macdonald, Deborah Marriott, Nila J. Dharan   +12 more
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Bioaerosol assessment of indoor air in hospital wards for isolation of Nocardia species from a tertiary care hospital in Iranshahr, Iran [PDF]

New Microbes and New Infections
Background: Bioaerosols can be a critical role in the transmission of hospital-acquired infections. Nocardia species are opportunistic pathogens that primarily affect immunocompromised patients, accounting for approximately 1–2% of all hospital-acquired ...
Zahed Ahmadi, Alireza Moradabadi, Sara Kamal-Shasavar   +2 more
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Case Report: A case of Nocardia otitidiscaviarum pneumonia diagnosed by application of metagenome next-generation sequencing and a narrow literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Nocardia is an opportunistic pathogen with relatively low incidence but high mortality. Recently, reports of Nocardia infections have increased; however, infections caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (N. otitidiscaviarum) remain relatively rare.
Miao Kong, Jiaying Sun
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Nocardia infections in the transplanted host. [PDF]

Transpl Infect Dis, 2018
AbstractBackgroundNocardia are uncommon pathogens that disproportionately afflict the immunocompromised host. Epidemiology and outcome data of Nocardia infections in transplant recipients are limited.MethodsWe performed a retrospective chart review of all patients at Duke University Hospital with a history of solid organ transplant (SOT) or ...
Hemmersbach-Miller M, Stout JE, Woodworth MH, Cox GM, Saullo JL.   +4 more
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Nocardia farcinica as a Cause of Complicated Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Nocardia belongs to the order Actinomycetales suborder Corynebacteriaceae, family Nocardiaceae. It causes infections mostly in immunocompromised individuals.
SG Lijitha, V Abarna, V Pradha, P Dhanaleha, G Vaishnavadevi   +4 more
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Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Among Tuberculosis-Suspected Patients in Guangzhou, China [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Chunming Luo,1 Guimin Zou,1 Yigang Tan,2 Jialou Zhu,1 Xin Liu,1 Cairong Zou,1 Kun Li1 1State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medical Laboratory, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Institute ...
Luo C, Zou G, Tan Y, Zhu J, Liu X, Zou C, Li K   +6 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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An Unusual Presentation From a Sporadic Partially Acid-Fast Aerobic Actinomycete Resistant to Common Antibiotics

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020
Nocardia causes rare opportunistic infections, that can be challenging to diagnose because of atypical features on conventional microbiological identification techniques.
Sreedhar Adapa MD, Srikanth Naramala MD, Vijay Gayam MD, Rajan Kapoor MD, Mina Raju DO, Pallav Patel MD, Venu Madhav Konala MD   +6 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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Multiple brain abscesses caused by Nocardia asiatica: Case report and literature review

IDCases, 2023
Nocardia are opportunistic pathogens mainly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Nocardia asiatica, a novel species, can cause severe infections. We present a case of multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia asiatica, discussing its diagnosis and ...
Shanmu Jin, Xiaopeng Guo, Hao Xing, Dingding Li, Yu Wang, Wenbin Ma   +5 more
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