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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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Multi-year population-based study of the clinical and epidemiological risk factors for mortality in nocardiosis: survival analysis from a large regional Canadian healthcare region [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Nocardiae are ubiquitous environmental soil pathogens that primarily cause invasive infections by inhalation or direct skin inoculation in immunocompromised patients. This multi-year population-based study compared epidemiological and clinical
Deirdre Church, Alejandra Ugarte-Torres, Christopher Naugler   +2 more
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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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An Unusual Case of Cutaneous Nocardia cyriacigeorgica Infection Assuming the Appearance of Shingles [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Nocardia is an opportunistic organism that commonly infects the lungs of the immunocompromised and can cause disseminated infections. Diagnosis of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica is through culture and susceptibilities, aided by 16S rRNA sequencing. We report a
Jett Ramir, Denise Marie A. Francisco
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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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Research progress on clinical challenges and prevention strategies of drug-resistant Nocardia infections [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Drug-resistant Nocardia infections have become an increasingly intractable clinical challenge globally, with the incidence rising steadily among both immunocompromised and immunocompetent populations in recent decades.
Houjun Pang
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Molecular mechanisms underlying Nocardia host interactions [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Nocardia species are opportunistic pathogens that cause localized and disseminated infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Despite their clinical importance, the molecular mechanisms underlying Nocardia pathogenicity remain ...
Bingqian Du, Ziyu Song, Min Yuan, Yuting Duan, Shuai Xu, Xiaotong Qiu, Zhenjun Li   +6 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 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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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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