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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 +5 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993 This paper reports a case of peritonitis by Nocardia asteroides during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a man who had systemic lupus erythematous and chronic renal failure.
Jorge O. Lopes +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993 An extensive and severe actinomycetoma by Nocardia asteroides, a rare etiologic agent of this infection in Brazil, observed during a 9 year follow-up is reported.
Giani de Oliveira Saraça +8 more
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Concurrent Nocardia, Cryptococcus and Mycobacterium Infections Unmask Anti–GM‐CSF Antibody–Associated Immunodeficiency and Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesAnti‐granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (anti‐GM‐CSF) antibodies, classically associated with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), are increasingly recognised as a cause of adult‐onset immunodeficiency predisposing to opportunistic infections. Coinfections with multiple opportunistic pathogens in this context are uncommon.
Menon V.
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Pulmonary nocardiosis presenting as fungal ball—a rare entity
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008 Pulmonary intracavitary infection caused by Nocardia is an opportunistic infection and is believed to be a rare entity. We describe a case report of a patient with culture positive Nocardia asteroides who presented with complaints of cough and ...
Ragini Tilak,1 D. Agarwal,2 T.K. Lahiri,2 Vijai Tilak.3
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Salivary Gland Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2011 We report a case of nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with pain and multiple swellings in the face. Nocardia asteroides was isolated from the parotid and submandibular salivary glands.
Prashanth V. Shetty +2 more
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Nocardia asteroides Pericarditis [PDF]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1990 The article entitled"Nocardia asteroides Pericarditis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature," by Poland and associates in the June 1990 issue of the Proceedings (pages 819 to 824), made interesting reading. Reports of at least two other cases of N.
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"Nocardia asteroides Complex in Patient with Symptomatic Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a patient with bronchiectasis (6). isolate the organism was also investigated." [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2001 Pulmonary nocardiosis is an acute or suppurative chronic disease, caused by aerobic actinomycetes which usually originates from soil and compost. Since Nocardia species have been isolated from the soil of different regions of Iran, as well as different ...
S Eshraghi +1 more
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Peritonsillar abscess caused by Nocardia asteroides [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1987 A 22-year-old man with recurrent pharyngitis developed a peritonsillar abscess from which aspirated material yielded a pure culture of Nocardia asteroides. It is likely that the organism was introduced iatrogenically during a prior tonsillar incision.
J C, Adair, I J, Amber, J M, Johnston
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