Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1882-0476
Print ISSN : 0916-4804
ISSN-L : 0916-4804
First Isolates of Nocardia abscessus from Humans and Soil in Japan
Akiko KageyamaKatsukiyo YazawaTakuji KudoHiroko TaniguchiKazuko NishimuraYuzuru Mikami
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2004 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 17-21

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Abstract

Nocardia abscessus, a recently established species, was isolated from patients during 2000. In the course of our taxonomic studies on 121 clinical Nocardia isolates in Japan 5 strains isolated from patients plus one strain isolated from soil in Japan, were found to have similar physiological characteristics to those of N. abscessus. Phylogenetic studies using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis confirmed that these strains belong to N. abscessus. This is the first isolation report of N. abscessus from soil as well as from clinical samples in Japan.

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