Nocardia africana isolated from a feline mycetoma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 908-910

  Hattori, Yousuke ^a   Kano, Rui ^a   Kunitani, Yasuko ^b   Yanai, Tokuma ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; DNA DETERMINATION; MYCETOMA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MADUROMYCOSIS; NOCARDIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037316852     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.908-910.2003     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Chun, J., and M. Goodfellow. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Nocardia with 16S rRNA gene sequences. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45:240-245.
2. Conville, P. S., S. H. Fischer, C. P. Cartwright, and F. G. Witebsky. 2000. Identification of Nocardia species by restriction endonuclease analysis of an amplified protein of the 16S rRNA gene. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38:158-164.
3. Edward, D. F. 1998. Actinomycosis and nocardiosis, p. 308-313. In C. E. Greene (ed.), Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, 3rd ed. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Hamid, M. E., L. Maldonado, G. S. S. Eldin, M. F. Mohamed, N. G. Saeed, and M. Goodfellow. 2001. Nocardia africana sp. nov., a new pathogen isolated from patients with pulmonary infections. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:625-630.
5. Kwon-Chung, J. K., and J. E. Bennett. 1992. Medical mycology, p. 560-573, 816-826. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, Pa.
6. Laurent, F. J., F. Provost, and P. Boiron. 1999. Rapid identification of clinically relevant Nocardia species to genus level by 16S rRNA gene PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:99-102.