title: First isolates of Nocardia abscessus from humans and soil in Japan.
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.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8673, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: Katsukiyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mikami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010323:Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S