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MRI findings in patient with primary cutaneous nocardiosis: A case report

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2023
Nocardia is a genus of gram-positive, filamentous, aerobic bacteria that belongs to the Actinomycetales order. With over 50 species, it is ubiquitous in dust, soil, decaying organic matter, and stagnant water.
Alfonso Reginelli, PhD   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy.
Camm\ue0, Cesare   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Nocardiosis in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

open access: yesJournal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background: Nocardiosis is an uncommon bacterial infection that is caused by aerobic actinomycetes of the genus Nocardia. This pathogen has emerged as an important cause of mortality and morbidity among both immunocompetent and (more commonly ...
Hamdan Al-Jahdali   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nocardiosis at a London teaching hospital: Be aware and beware of what is rare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Aims To review all laboratory-confirmed cases of nocardiosis at a tertiary referral hospital over an extended period (2000–2018; 216 months) with regard to microbiological and epidemiological characteristics, risk factors, clinical management, morbidity
Ambrosioni   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Cerebral nocardiosis

open access: yesAsian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2014
Cerebral Nocardiosis is a rare, challenging, opportunistic infectious disease of the central nervous system occurring in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. It often results in intraparenchymal abscess formation, which represents only 2% of all cerebral abscesses.
Baldawa, Sachin   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Isolated renal nocardiosis in a patient with AIDS: Unusual presentation

open access: yesIndian Journal of Urology, 2009
Disseminated or systemic infection with nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection that is seen in immunocompromised individuals and can involve any organ.
K Pai, L Rao
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Detection of Nocardia by Next-Generation Sequencing

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020
In this original study, we retrospectively reviewed the cases of nocardiosis diagnosed through culture and next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods between 2014 and 2018 in Huashan Hospital and found out that the latter way can not only improve the ...
Shan-Shan Weng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infections Complicating Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Study Emphasizing Graft-Related Septicemia [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
In 93 recipients of 102 orthotopic liver homografts, the incidence of bacteremia or fungemia exceeded 70%. The graft itself was usually an entry site for systemic infection after both immunologic and nonimmunologic parenchymal injury, especially if there
Hansbrough, JF   +5 more
core   +1 more source

ICD Nocardiosis

open access: yesJournal of Interventional Cardiology, 2003
We present an initial report of Nocardia asteroides implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection. Systemic infection persisted despite pulse generator explant and several years of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Without epicardial lead system removal, chronic pleuropericardial disease developed. (J Interven Cardiol 2003;16:375–376)
Sean, O'Rourke   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Nocardiosis and elevated beta-d-glucan in solid organ transplant recipients

open access: yesIDCases, 2021
Beta-D-glucan (BDG) testing can expedite the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts. Elevated BDG levels have been reported in both in-vitro studies assessing cross-reactivity with Nocardia spp. and published cases of patients
Matthew Ringer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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