First Spanish case of nocardiosis caused by Nocardia takedensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1918-1919

  Betran A ^a   Rezusta, A ^a   Lezcano, M A ^a   Villuendas, M C ^a   Revillo, M J ^a   Boiron, P ^b   Rodriguez Nava V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA TAKEDENSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

NOCARDIA TAKEDENSIS;

EID: 66749122484     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00090-09     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Boiron, P., F. Provost, and B. Dupont (ed.). 1993. Methodes de laboratoire pour le diagnostic de la nocardiose, p.107-126. Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
2. Brown, J. M., and M. M. McNeil. 2003. Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Gorgonia, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, and other aerobic actinomycetes, p. 502-531. In P. R. Murray, E. J. Baron, J. H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller, and R. H. Yolken (ed.), Manual of clinical microbiology, 8th ed. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
3. Brown-Elliott, B. A., J. M. Brown, P. S. Conville, and R. J. Wallace, Jr. 2006. Clinical and laboratory features of the Nocardia spp. based on current molecular taxonomy. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19:259-282.
4. Couble, A., V. Rodriguez-Nava, M. P. de Montclos, P. Boiron, and F. Laurent. 2005. Direct detection of Nocardia spp. in clinical samples by a rapid molecular method. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:1921-1924.
5. Devulder, G., G. Perriere, F. Baty, and J. P. Flandrois. 2003. BIBI, a bioinformatics bacterial identification tool. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:1785-1787.
6. Martínez, R., R. Menéndez, S. Reyes, M. Santos, J. M. Vallés, M. Modesto, and M. Gobernado. 2007. Pulmonary nocardiosis: risk factors and outcomes. Respirology 12:394-400. (Pubitemid 47164781)
7. McNeil, M. M., and J. M. Brown. 1994. The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 7:357-417.
8. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. 2003. Susceptibility testing of Mycobacteria, Nocardia, and other aerobic actinomycetes, vol.23. Approved standard M24-A. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Wayne, PA.
9. Palmer, D. L., R. L. Harvey, and J. K. Wheeler. 1974. Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations in Nocardia asteroides infection. Medicine 53:391-401.
10. Rodríguez-Nava, V., A. Couble, G. Devulder, J. P. Flandrois, P. Boiron, and F. Laurent. 2006. Use of PCR-restriction enzyme pattern analysis and sequencing database for hsp65 gene-based identification of Nocardia species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:536-546. (Pubitemid 43222249)
11. Saubolle, M. A., and D. Sussland. 2003. Nocardiosis: review of clinical and laboratory experience. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:4497-4501.
12. Wakhlu, A., V. Agarwal, S. Dabadghao, K. N. Prasad, and S. Nityanand. 2004. Nocardiosis in patients of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura on steroids. J. Assoc. Physicians India 52:591-593. (Pubitemid 41279741)
13. Watanabe, K., M. Shinagawa, M. Amishima, S. Iida, K. Yazawa, A. Kageyama, A. Ando, and Y. Mikami. 2006. First clinical isolates of Nocardia carnea, Nocardia elegans, Nocardia paucivorans, Nocardia puris and Nocardia takedensis in Japan. Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi 47:85-89.
14. Yamamura, H., M. Hayakawa, Y. Nakagawa, T. Tamura, T. Kohno, F. Komatsu, and Y. Iimura. 2005. Nocardia takedensis sp. nov., isolated from moat sediment and scumming activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:433-434.