Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017

Abstract

Nocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent exposure to soil and may have acquired the infection from that source. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 26, No. 3, March 2020 611 RESEARCH LETTERSBacterial infection is a well-known complication of breast implant surgery. We identified Mycobacterium senegalense, the principal pathogen of bovine farcy of cattle, in a woman after implant-based breast reconstruction. This finding indicates that unusual pathogens should be considered as an etiology of infected breast prostheses.