Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017
Nocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source.
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doaj-38b8c8e1845946aca66a00951967998f2020-11-25T02:11:17ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-03-0126361061110.3201/eid2603.180725Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017Hossein A. RahdarMehrnaz A. GharabaghiAbbas BahadorShahram Shahraki-ZahedaniMorteza Karami-ZarandiShahram MahmoudiMohammad M. FeizabadiNocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/18-0725_articleActinomycetalesNocardiaceaeemerging communicable diseasesNocardia ignorataIranNocardia infections |
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Hossein A. Rahdar Mehrnaz A. Gharabaghi Abbas Bahador Shahram Shahraki-Zahedani Morteza Karami-Zarandi Shahram Mahmoudi Mohammad M. Feizabadi |
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Hossein A. Rahdar Mehrnaz A. Gharabaghi Abbas Bahador Shahram Shahraki-Zahedani Morteza Karami-Zarandi Shahram Mahmoudi Mohammad M. Feizabadi Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 Emerging Infectious Diseases Actinomycetales Nocardiaceae emerging communicable diseases Nocardia ignorata Iran Nocardia infections |
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Hossein A. Rahdar Mehrnaz A. Gharabaghi Abbas Bahador Shahram Shahraki-Zahedani Morteza Karami-Zarandi Shahram Mahmoudi Mohammad M. Feizabadi |
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Hossein A. Rahdar |
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Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 |
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Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 |
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Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 |
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Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 |
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Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017 |
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pulmonary nocardia ignorata infection in gardener, iran, 2017 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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1080-6040 1080-6059 |
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2020-03-01 |
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Nocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source. |
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Actinomycetales Nocardiaceae emerging communicable diseases Nocardia ignorata Iran Nocardia infections |
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