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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
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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
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Nocardia asteroides peritonitis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis Peritonite por Nocardia asteroides durante diálise peritoneal ambulatorial continuada

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, Sydney H. Alves, Jeni P. Benevenga, Adenilde Salla, Ines Tatsch   +4 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 Diseases
Anti‐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, Odaiyappan Kannappan, Yashdeep Sinha Sarma   +2 more
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Mycetoma by Nocardia asteroides: a 9 year folow-up Micetoma por Nocardia asteroides: acompanhamento de 9 anos

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, Loan Towersey, Roderick James Hay, Alberto Thomaz Londero, Eunice de Castro Soares Martins, Alberto Torres Amora, Kátia Maria Pereira Nunes Reis, Ana Maria Nunes Mendonça, Rogerio Ribeiro Estrella   +8 more
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