Nocardial infections in Japan from 1992 to 2001, including the first report of infection by Nocardia transvalensis

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-389

  Kageyama, A ^a   Yazawa, K ^a   Ishikawa, J ^b   Hotta, K ^b   Nishimura, K ^a   Mikami, Y ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiological studies; Japan; Nocardiosis; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3242886579     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000024706.02325.c0     Document Type: Article

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