Results 31 to 40 of about 8,985 (193)

Monoclonal antibodies to Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis antigens [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1990
Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis whole-cell extracts were used as antigens to generate monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Six stable hybrid cell lines secreting anti-Nocardia spp. MAbs were obtained. These were characterized by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot (immunoblot), and immunofluorescence assay.
T, Jiménez, A M, Díaz, H, Zlotnik
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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
doaj  

Linfangitis nodular por Nocardia asteroides tras pinchazo con cactus. [PDF]

, 2021
We present a case of skin infection with progression to nodular lymphangitis caused by Nocardia asteroides in an immunocompetent patient after accidental trauma with the spike of a cactus that required admission for therapeutic management due to the lack
Jiménez Guerra, Gemma
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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

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.
openaire   +2 more sources