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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6167-6170, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6167-6170.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nocardia ignorata, a New Agent of Human Nocardiosis Isolated from Respiratory Specimens in Europe and Soil Samples from Kuwait

Verónica Rodríguez-Nava,1 Andrée Couble,1 Z. U. Khan,2 M. Pérouse de Montclos,3 L. Brasme,4 Cruz Villuendas,5 Claudie Molinard,1 Patrick Boiron,1 and Frédéric Laurent1*

UMR CNRS 5557, Center for Microbial Ecology, Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment Research Group, Observatoire Français des Nocardioses, Department of Fundamental and Applied Mycology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Claude Bernard Lyon I University, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69393 Lyon, France,1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, 13110, Kuwait,2 Department of Bacteriology, Lyon Sud University Hospital, 69495 Pierre-Bénite Cedex, France,3 Department of Microbiology, Robert Debre University Hospital, 51092 Reims Cedex, France,4 Department of Microbiology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Paseo Isabel la Catolica No. 1-3, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain5

Received 30 March 2005/ Returned for modification 3 May 2005/ Accepted 27 September 2005

Nocardia ignorata is a recently described species identified on the basis of a single isolate of unknown origin. Here we describe the epidemiological, phenotypic, and phylogenetic characteristics of this new species, based on five new clinical and soil isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies Industrielles, UMR CNRS 5557, Faculté de Pharmacie, UCB Lyon I, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Phone: (33) (0) 4 78 77 70 00. Fax: (33) (0) 4 78 77 72 12. E-mail: flaurent{at}ch-bourg01.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6167-6170, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6167-6170.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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