First Report of the Isolation of Nocardiathailandicafrom the Bronchoalveolar Lavage of a Patient in Iran

Nocardiae are Gram-positive, filamentous, aerobic, relatively slow-growing, and weakly acid-fast bacteria which cause nocardiosis in humans. We describe a 53-year-old patient with chronic bronchitis referred to Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan. A bronchial washing sample was taken from the patient. A Noca...

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Main Authors: Samaneh Bourbour, Masoud Keikha, Jamshid Faghri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/issue/view/95