Nocardia ignorata, a new agent of human nocardiosis isolated from respiratory specimens in Europe and soil samples from Kuwait

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):6167-70. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.6167-6170.2005.

Abstract

Nocardia ignorata is a recently described species identified on the basis of a single isolate of unknown origin. Here we describe the epidemiological, phenotypic, and phylogenetic characteristics of this new species, based on five new clinical and soil isolates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Heat-Shock Proteins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Kuwait / epidemiology
  • Nocardia / classification*
  • Nocardia / genetics
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification*
  • Nocardia / physiology
  • Nocardia Infections / epidemiology
  • Nocardia Infections / microbiology*
  • Phenotype
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Respiratory System / microbiology*
  • Soil Microbiology*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S