Background. Risk factors for Nocardia infection in organ transplant recipients have not been formally assessed in the current era of transplantation. Methods. We performed a matched case-control study ...

In a recent case report published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers reported a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

The aerobic actinomycetes are a distinct group of microorganisms initially classified as fungi since they grow as branching filaments and morphologically resemble these organisms. Their taxonomy was ...

To study mechanisms of resistance to Nocardia asteroides in vitro, suspensions of human neutrophils and monocytes were challenged with N. asteroides in the presence of autologous serum. At 4 hr, ...

A 77-year-old Caucasian man presented to our institution with a 3-4-week history of erythema and mild pruritus involving the left leg. His history was questionable for a recent spider bite. The ...