Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017

Nocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rahdar, Hossein A., Gharabaghi, Mehrnaz A., Bahador, Abbas, Shahraki-Zahedani, Shahram, Karami-Zarandi, Morteza, Mahmoudi, Shahram, Feizabadi, Mohammad M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7045840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32091362
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2603.180725
Descripción
Sumario:Nocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source.

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