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Nocardia empyema in an immunocompromised host: A case report
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsPatients with myeloproliferative disorders such as primary myelofibrosis are at an increased risk of opportunistic infections including Nocardia pneumonia.
Carlos Ignacio Rodríguez Reyna +5 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1994 This paper reports a case of cutaneous infection of nontraumatic origin caused by Nocardia asteroides in a hospitalized patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Jorge O Lopes +5 more
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Disseminated Nocardia beijingensis Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Nocardia is a genus of aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming filamentous branching bacteria with fragmentation into bacillary or coccoid forms. Infections caused by Nocardia often occur in immunocompromised hosts and are potentially life-threatening.
Moni Roy, Annia Martial, Sharjeel Ahmad
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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 +4 more
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Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis infections in mice [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1976 A model for Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis infections in Swiss white mice has been established without the addition to the inocula of any form of adjuvant. Serial histopathological studies revealed that these two actinomycetes cause lesions that are quite different in their features. An acute suppurative abscess characterizes the lesions
P I, Folb, R, Jaffe, G, Altmann
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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 +6 more
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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 +6 more
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First case report of cerebral abscess from Nocardia terpenica and literature review
, 2022 Nocardia is a Gram-positive weakly acid-fast bacterium that is ubiquitous in the environment. It represents a rare cause of infection in humans and typically causes pulmonary, cutaneous, or central nervous system (CNS) infections.
Sher, Mustafa +3 more
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Multiple brain abscesses caused by Nocardia asiatica: Case report and literature review
IDCases, 2023 Nocardia are opportunistic pathogens mainly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Nocardia asiatica, a novel species, can cause severe infections. We present a case of multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia asiatica, discussing its diagnosis and ...
Shanmu Jin +5 more
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Speciation and susceptibility of Nocardia isolated from ocular infections [PDF]
, 2010 Twenty Nocardia spp. isolated from ocular infections were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and susceptibility was determined using the E-test (AB Biodisk, Sweden).
Garg, P., Kaur, I., Reddy, A.K.
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