Epidemiology, bacteriology and control of an outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection on a liver unit

Sahathevan, M.; Harvey, Felicity; Forbes, Geoffrey M; O’Grady, Joseph P.; Gimson, A.; Bragman, S. G. L.; Jensen, Robert D.; Philpott‐Howard, John; Williams, Roger L.; Casewell, M.W.

doi:10.1016/0195-6701(91)90059-h

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“…[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Most cases were caused by N. asteroides, but there are three reports of nosocomial infections caused by N. farcinica. [5][6][7] They all occurred in postoperative patients with kidney and heart transplantations and malignant tumours.…”

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Outbreak of Nocardia farcinica infection with the same pattern in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Kachi

Okazaki

Takeda

et al. 2006

Journal of Hospital Infection

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Outbreak of Nocardia farcinica infection with the same pattern in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Kachi

Okazaki

Takeda

et al. 2006

Journal of Hospital Infection

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“…These bacteria are important in immune deficient patients such as cancer patients, transplant recipients, tuberculosis; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome etc., Their affluence is unsteady in different zones of the world. [1678910111213141516] Nocardiosis is sporadic in Iran, but in other countries, it has more rampancy. In USA, 500-1000 new case of nocardiosis had annually been reported.…”

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Comparison of three phenotypic and deoxyribonucleic acid extraction methods for isolation and Identification of Nocardia spp

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Background:The aerobic Actinomycetes are a large group of soil-indwelling bacteria that are distributed in world-wide. These Gram-positive bacteria are most commonly associated with opportunistic infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts.Materials and Methods:In this study, three phenotypic and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction methods for isolation and identification of Nocardia genus were compared. Samples were taken in five different locations of Isfahan's suburb from hospitals area, parks, agricultural lands, gardens, arid lands with different soil temperature and pH.Results:In this study, showed that slip-buried-method was better than two other phenotypic methods; 14 out of 70 soil samples (20%) were positive for Nocardia spp. DNA of positive samples were extracted with three techniques and DNA extraction by microwave technique was better than others. This technique was confirmed with observation of DNA bands on 1% agarose gel.Conclusions:These bacteria are important in immune deficient patients such as cancer patients, transplant recipients, tuberculosis; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome etc., Their affluence is unsteady in different zones of the world. In this study, among the three phenotypic methods for the isolation of Nocardia slip-buried method was better than other methods. Among DNA extraction techniques, DNA extraction by microwave method would be selective method for DNA extraction of Nocardia spp. compared with others techniques.

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“…Primary cutaneous infection can occur by direct inoculation in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients (Brown-Elliot et al, 2006). There is no evidence for human-to-human transmission and disease presents mainly as isolated cases, although an outbreak related to contamination by dust pollution (Sahathevan et al, 1991) in a liver transplantation unit and some spread by contamination of hands in a cardiovascular surgery unit (Wenger et al, 1998) have been documented based on molecular data.…”

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Nocardia Infection in Lung Transplantation

Morales¹,

Gil-Brusola²,

Santos³

2012

Lung Diseases - Selected State of the Art Reviews

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Epidemiology, bacteriology and control of an outbreak of Nocardia asteroides infection on a liver unit

Cited by 46 publications

References 15 publications

Outbreak of Nocardia farcinica infection with the same pattern in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Outbreak of Nocardia farcinica infection with the same pattern in randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Comparison of three phenotypic and deoxyribonucleic acid extraction methods for isolation and Identification of Nocardia spp

Nocardia Infection in Lung Transplantation

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