Nocardia ignorata, a new agent of human nocardiosis isolated from respiratory specimens in Europe and soil samples from Kuwait.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Nava V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1317163 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature