Background. Nocardia species cause infections in both immunocompromised and otherwise immunocompetent patients, although the mechanisms defining susceptibility in the latter group are elusive.

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 ...

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 ...

Although relatively uncommon, fungi, atypical Mycobacteria, and Nocardia have been isolated from a variety of infections of eye including keratitis, scleritis, canaliculitis, dacryocystitis, ...

A 63-year-old woman with a history of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that had been treated 25 years previously, as well as a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, transient ischemic attack, and acute ...

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 75-year-old woman presented with a 10-day history of painful nodules on the right hand and forearm after a thorn puncture. Bacterial culture of the aspirate was performed.

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 ...

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 ...

Nocardia Brain Abscess in a Patient Treated With Everolimus for a Metastatic Insulinoma ...

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 ...