Characterization of clinical isolates of pathogenic Nocardia strains and related actinomycetes in Thailand from 1996 to 2003

Mycopathologia

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-368

  Poonwan, Natteewan ^a   Mekha, Nanthawan ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^b   Thunyaharn, Sudaluck ^c   Yamanaka, Ademar ^d   Mikami, Yuzuru ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Pramongkutklao General Hospital   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical sample; Isolation and identification; Nocardia; Pathogenic actinomycetes; Thailand

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOCARDIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NOCARDIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASIATICA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; TSUKAMURELLA;

EID: 19944382510     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-1045-7     Document Type: Article

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