Nocardiosis is an infection caused by a germ called the Nocardia bacteria. Nocardia germs grow in soil or standing water all over the world. Nocardiosis usually affects your lungs or skin. But if ...

ABSTRACT: Nocardiosis is prevalent among individuals with immunodeficiency or long-term use of immunosuppressive agents. However, in one third of cases, it can occur in immunocompetent patients [1].

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 ...

Affected populations: Nocardiosis is a rare but potentially deadly infectious disease caused by bacteria in the genus Nocardia. Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection, meaning it doesn't typically ...

ABSTRACT: Pneumonia is a common complication in organ transplantation patients. Multiple respiratory pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and fungi are potentially coexisted. A 60-year-old male with ...

Pharmaceuticals Research Unit, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-0033, Japan, and Biotechnology Research Center ...

MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES, April 17, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published M24S—Performance ...

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 ...

A 3-year-old was admitted to the Emergency Department of Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University with photophobia and a white spot on the cornea of the left eye that had been presented ...

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan Plant Molecular Science Center, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, ...

1 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China 2 China Medical University, Shenyang, China Nocardia disease is a rare ...

Nocardia spp. are aerobic, gram-positive, partial acid-fast, filamentous bacteria and ubiquitous environmental saprophytes responsible for granulomatous or suppurative infections (RIBEIRO et al., 2008 ...