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Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Co-infection in SARS-CoV-2 Patients

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, few cases of Nocar­dia spp. co-infection have been reported during or after a COVID-19 infection. Nocardia spp. are gram-positive aerobic actinomycetes that stain partially acid-fast, can infect immunocompromised patients,
Daniel Beau Stamos, Aldo Barajas-Ochoa, Jillian E. Raybould   +2 more
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Evaluating the Contribution of Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pulmonary Infections among HIV and Non-HIV Patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of human mortality particularly in association with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Nocardia spp. has emerged as an opportunistic infection especially in HIV patients.
Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Richard Dadzie Ephraim, Anthony Enimil, Venus Frimpong, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, Esther Love Darkoh   +6 more
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A case of Aspergillus and Nocardia infections after bronchial thermoplasty. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep, 2019
Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic treatment for severe asthma. A 35‐year‐old woman with uncontrolled severe asthma despite maximal pharmacological treatment underwent BT and started coughing after the first procedure. One month later, during
Matsubayashi S, Iikura M, Numata T, Izumi S, Sugiyama H.   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics and drug resistance of Nocardia in Henan, China, 2017–2023

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features of Nocardia infections, antibiotic resistance profile, choice of antibiotics and treatment outcome, among others.
Yungang Han, Meijin Cheng, Zheng Li, Huihui Chen, Shuang Xia, Yue Zhao, Yali Wang, Wenyi He, Wei Wang   +8 more
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Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Among Tuberculosis-Suspected Patients in Guangzhou, China [PDF]

Infection and Drug Resistance
Chunming Luo,1 Guimin Zou,1 Yigang Tan,2 Jialou Zhu,1 Xin Liu,1 Cairong Zou,1 Kun Li1 1State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medical Laboratory, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, Institute ...
Luo C, Zou G, Tan Y, Zhu J, Liu X, Zou C, Li K   +6 more
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Nocardia farcinica as a Cause of Complicated Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Nocardia belongs to the order Actinomycetales suborder Corynebacteriaceae, family Nocardiaceae. It causes infections mostly in immunocompromised individuals.
SG Lijitha, V Abarna, V Pradha, P Dhanaleha, G Vaishnavadevi   +4 more
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Nocardia Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2013
N M, Clark, G E, Reid
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Nocardia infection causing non-healing surgical wounds: A case series from Bangladesh

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objective: Nocardia can be introduced accidentally causing non-healing surgical wounds. Method: From February 2017 to January 2021 samples from wounds were collected.
Afzalunnessa Binte Lutfor, Samira Afroz, Asif Mujtaba Mahmud, Tasmiah Selim, Taskina Akhter, Tamanna Sultana, Sadia Taskeen   +6 more
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An Unusual Presentation From a Sporadic Partially Acid-Fast Aerobic Actinomycete Resistant to Common Antibiotics

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020
Nocardia causes rare opportunistic infections, that can be challenging to diagnose because of atypical features on conventional microbiological identification techniques.
Sreedhar Adapa MD, Srikanth Naramala MD, Vijay Gayam MD, Rajan Kapoor MD, Mina Raju DO, Pallav Patel MD, Venu Madhav Konala MD   +6 more
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Molecular identification of nocardia isolates from clinical samples and an overview of human nocardiosis in Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BackgroundNocardia sp. causes a variety of clinical presentations. The incidence of nocardiosis varies geographically according to several factors, such as the prevalence of HIV infections, transplants, neoplastic and rheumatic diseases, as well as ...
Paulo Victor Pereira Baio, Juliana Nunes Ramos, Louisy Sanches dos Santos, Morgana Fonseca Soriano, Elisa Martins Ladeira, Mônica Cristina Souza, Thereza Cristina Ferreira Camello, Marcio Garcia Ribeiro, Raphael Hirata Junior, Verônica Viana Vieira, Ana Luíza Mattos-Guaraldi   +10 more
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