The First Isolation of Nocardia veterana from a Human Mycetoma

The clinical isolates from biopsy specimen human subcutaneous nodule developed orange‐colored and wrinkled colonies on Sabouraud's dextrose agar at 24 C for 2 weeks. The isolates were aerobic and gram‐positive. The bacteria were rod‐shaped to coccoid and 1 × 5 μm in size. The assimilation tests...

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Published in:Microbiology and immunology 2002-01, Vol.46 (6), p.409-412
Main Authors: Kano, Rui, Hattori, Yousuke, Murakami, Noboru, Mine, Naoko, Kashima, Masato, Kroppenstedt, Reiner M., Mizoguchi, Masako, Hasegawa, Atsuhiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16S ribosomal DNA
Base Sequence
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Female
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
mycetoma
Mycetoma - microbiology
Mycetoma - pathology
Nocardia - genetics
Nocardia - isolation & purification
Nocardia Infections - microbiology
nocardia veterana
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - chemistry
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
Sequence Alignment
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Summary:The clinical isolates from biopsy specimen human subcutaneous nodule developed orange‐colored and wrinkled colonies on Sabouraud's dextrose agar at 24 C for 2 weeks. The isolates were aerobic and gram‐positive. The bacteria were rod‐shaped to coccoid and 1 × 5 μm in size. The assimilation tests revealed that the clinical isolate was identical to a reference strain of Nocardia veterana. A nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S ribosomal DNA from the isolate and a reference strain of N. veterana showed 99.8% similarity. All data are consistent with the conclusion that the isolate in this human case of mycetoma is N. veterana.
ISSN:0385-5600
1348-0421
DOI:10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02713.x