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Nocardia asteroides keratitis. [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1979
Nocardia asteroides has been reported as the cause of keratitis in only 7 cases and of other ocular disease in another 12 cases. We report a case of N. asteroides keratitis that presented 3 weeks after rural trauma and progressed despite trials of appropriate antibiotics.
L W, Hirst, G K, Harrison, W G, Merz, W J, Stark   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Brain abscess by Nocardia sp in immunocompromised patient [PDF]

, 2000
Pacient with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenic purpura (Evans Syndrome), treated with immunosuppressive therapy (prednisone and azathioprine) developed brain abscess unresponsive to antimicrobial therapy, in spite of its 23 days duration.
Barata, Cristina Hueb, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, Oliveira, Darci Alvarenga Gomes, Pereira, Carlos Alberto Pires   +3 more
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Nocardial infections: report of 22 cases Infecções por Nocardia species: relato de 22 casos

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2007
Twenty-two cases of nocardial infections were diagnosed in our city between 1977- 1998. All patients whose clinical specimens showed Nocardia spp. at Gram stain, which were further confirmed by culture, were selected to be included in the study.
Maria Bernadete F. Chedid, Marcio F. Chedid, Nelson S. Porto, Cecília B. Severo, Luiz Carlos Severo   +4 more
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First report of nocardiosis due to Nocardia asteroides in a domestic canary (Serinus canaria domestica) in Mexico

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2023
Nocardiosis is a multi-systemic disease that has been reported in several species of birds. It is characterized by the development of granulomatous inflammation in several organs, mainly affecting the respiratory system.
Rubén Arturo López-Crespo, Samantha Miroslava Torres-Cervantes, Jwerlly Tatiana Pico-Rodríguez, Manuel Arturo Moreno-Borjas, Luary Carolina Martínez-Chavarría   +4 more
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Nocardia abscessus brain abscess in an immunocompetent host

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2013
Summary: Nocardia brain abscesses typically occur in immunocompromised patients. Most cases of nocardiosis are caused by the Nocardia asteroides complex and Nocardia brasiliensis. Here, we present a patient with a Nocardia abscessus brain abscess.
Jaffar A. Al Tawfiq, Talal Mayman, Ziad A. Memish   +2 more
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The Nocardial aph(2″) Gene Confers Tobramycin and Gentamicin Resistance and Is an Effective Positive Selection Marker in Mycobacteria and Nocardia

Microorganisms, 2023
The current study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using the aminoglycoside 2″-O-phosphotransferase aph(2″) gene as a positive selection marker in N. asteroides, M. smegmatis, M. abscessus and M. tuberculosis.
Yizhak Hershko, Amos Adler, Daniel Barkan   +2 more
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Disseminated nocardiosis with psoas abscess in a patient with AIDS: first reported case Nocardiose disseminada com abscesso do psoas em paciente com AIDS: primeiro caso relatado

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2008
Psoas muscle abscess is an uncommon infection that have been diagnosed increasingly in the last years. We present a case of a patient with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection who developed a disseminated infection due to Nocardia asteroides ...
Marcelo Corti, Rubén Solari, Luis De Carolis, Diana Cangelos, Mario Bianchi, Ricardo Negroni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observation of Nocardia Asteroides Complex in a Patient with Corneal Ulceration: The First Case Report from Iran [PDF]

Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background & Aims: Nocardia asteroides is gram-positive, partially acid-fast, aerobic actinomycetes which cause a wide range of skin infections, and pulmonary, cerebral, and ocular infection.
Seyedeh Zeinab Seyyed-Yousef, Mehdi Fatahi-Bafghi, Seyyed Saeed Eshraghi, Bagher Hoseini, Shadi Habibnia, Masoumeh Rasouli-Nasab, Parvin Heidarieh   +6 more
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Rare zoonosis (hemotrophic mycoplasma infection) in a newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus patient followed by a Nocardia asteroides pneumonia

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is per se a disease characterized by suppressed immune response and thus susceptibility to various opportunistic infections.
Dubravka Bosnic, MD, Marko Baresic, MD, Branimir Anic, MD, Mirna Sentic, MD, Mislav Cerovec, MD, Miroslav Mayer, MD, Nada Cikes, MD   +6 more
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Current diagnostic tools and management modalities of Nocardia keratitis

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2020
Nocardia species are an uncommon but important cause of keratitis. The purpose of this review is to discus previous published papers relation to the epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and management of Nocardia keratitis.
Mohammad Soleimani, Ahmad Masoumi, Sadegh Khodavaisy, Mostafa Heidari, Ali A. Haydar, Alireza Izadi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source