Pathogenic Nocardia Isolated from Clinical Specimens Including Those of AIDS Patients in Thailand

Forty strains of nocardioform microorganisms were isolated as clinical specimens including several from AIDS patients in Thailand. Among them, 37 strains were found to belong to the genus Nocardia. Our identification studies revealed that most of the strains (25 strains) belong to the N. asteroides...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of epidemiology 1995-10, Vol.11 (5), p.507-512
Hauptverfasser:	Poonwan, N., Kusum, M., Mikami, Y., Yazawa, K., Tanaka, Y., Gonoi, T., Hasegawa, S., Konyama, K.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Actinomycetales - chemistry Actinomycetales - classification Actinomycetales - isolation & purification AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology AIDS/HIV Bacterial diseases Bacteriological Techniques Biological and medical sciences Culture Media Diaminopimelic Acid - analysis Epidemiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Hyphae Infections Infectious diseases Maduromycosis Medical sciences Miscellaneous Mycolic acids Mycolic Acids - analysis Nocardia Nocardia - chemistry Nocardia - classification Nocardia - isolation & purification Nocardia asteroides - chemistry Nocardia asteroides - classification Nocardia asteroides - isolation & purification Nocardia Infections - microbiology Population Rhodococcus Rhodococcus - isolation & purification Specimens Sputum Thailand Vitamin K - analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	Forty strains of nocardioform microorganisms were isolated as clinical specimens including several from AIDS patients in Thailand. Among them, 37 strains were found to belong to the genus Nocardia. Our identification studies revealed that most of the strains (25 strains) belong to the N. asteroides group, i.e., N. asteroides sensu stricto and N. farcinica. Three strains were identified as N. otitidiscaviarum and two strains N. brasiliensis. In addition, 7 strains of rare pathogenic N. transvalensis were also isolated.
ISSN:	0393-2990 1573-7284
DOI:	10.1007/BF01719301