Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rahdar, Hossein A. ; Gharabaghi, Mehrnaz A. ; Bahador, Abbas ; Shahraki-Zahedani, Shahram ; Karami-Zarandi, Morteza ; Mahmoudi, Shahram ; Feizabadi, Mohammad M.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Actinomycetales Bacteria Emerging Communicable Diseases Gardener Infections Nocardiaceae Nocardia Ignorata Pulmonary Nocardia Ignorata Infection In Gardener, Iran, 2017 Pulmonary Nocardiosis Research Letter Respiratory Infections Soil

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(3):610-611
• Pubmed ID:
  32091362
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7045840
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iran
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8f675b01d385d41fb66fd3135d91bda2df237af7d6b7fd286d6f99974b2df6ec
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85660/cdc_85660_DS1.pdf
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