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Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019 Disseminated Nocardia infections occur particularly in immunosuppressed hosts and are most often due to Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia nova, and Nocardia cyriacigeorgica. Here, we report an unusual case of disseminated N.
Yeliz Özen +5 more
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Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics
IDCases, 2018 Nocardia paucivorans brain abscesses are unusual in humans. Sixteen cases of this infection have been reported in the world medical literature. There is precise clinical information available from nine patients.
Luis Aliaga +5 more
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A Rare Case of Drug-Resistant Infection in a Renal Transplant Patient
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Nocardia transvalensis is a rare species of Nocardia and is known to be a drug-resistant organism. Multiple cases have been reported of Nocardia species causing opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts.
Rajan Kapoor MD +5 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Nocardia is an opportunistic pathogen that mainly involves immunosuppressed patients and causes a high mortality rate. As an emerging approach to detect infectious pathogens, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) was reported in the detection of ...
Mengfan Jiao +10 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundNocardia species belong to the aerobic actinomycetes group of bacteria which are gram-positive and partially acid-fast Bacilli. These bacteria may sometimes be associated with nosocomial infections.
Mohammad Hashemzadeh +4 more
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A FATAL PULMONARY INFECTION BY NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2006 The reported case is of primary pulmonary nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia brasiliensis, in a immunocompromised patient, which ended fatally despite appropriate treatment. The partially acid fast filamentous bacterium was predominant on direct examination of the sputum. It was cultured on blood agar, MacConkey agar and by paraffin baiting technique. The
V. Wadhwa +5 more
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Central Nervous System Nocardiosis Due to Nocardia farcinica
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 Nocardia is an opportunistic aerobic, filamentous, gram-positive branching rod that infects immunocompromised hosts. Infections usually stem from the pulmonary, integumentary, or, rarely, gastrointestinal systems.
Kate Zha +5 more
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Actinomycoses and Nocardia pulmonary infections
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2006 Actinomycosis and nocardiosis are uncommon pulmonary infections with distinct morphologic features. Both infections most commonly present as chronic, debilitating illnesses with radiographic manifestations simulating lung cancer or tuberculosis. Immunocompromised hosts, however, may develop fulminant disease resembling acute bacterial pneumonia.
Doganay, Mehmet, Yildiz, Orhan
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Microbiology SpectrumThe role of specific Nocardia species in human infections continues to expand as advanced methods enable species/species complex identification. We conducted a multiyear population-based (2010–2022) characterization of invasive Nocardia spp.
Deirdre Church +3 more
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Sporotrichoid Skin Infection Caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Diseases, 2018 Prompt and accurate diagnosis of Nocardia skin infections is important in immunocompromised hosts, especially transplant patients. The sporotrichoid form, which is otherwise known as the lymphocutaneous form of Nocardia skin involvement, can mimic other ...
Folusakin Ayoade +3 more
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