Nocardia spp. is an environmental filamentous Gram-positive bacterium that may cause
infections in humans and, despite recent progress, many challenges remain regarding the …

Background Nocardiosis is a rare infection that is often difficult to treat and may be life-
threatening. There is no consensus on its management. Objectives Our aim was to provide …

Objectives The objective of this study is to characterize the common risk factors, clinical
presentation, imaging findings, treatment and outcome of nocardial infection. Design and …

Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that affects mainly patients with deficient cell-
mediated immunity, such as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or …

Nocardia is an uncommon pathogen, but immunosuppression, its main risk factor, is
becoming more frequent. We aimed to evaluate changes in the annual incidence of …

Introduction Nocardiosis, although very rare, is considered as an important opportunistic
infection; however, recent literature is limited. This study describes all cases of nocardial …

To the best of our knowledge, no Chinese case studies concerning Nocardia infection have
been published to date. Therefore, the present study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the …

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the microbiological characteristics, antimicrobial
resistance profiles, antibiotic choice, and outcomes of Nocardia infection in various centers …

Nocardiosis occurs in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We aimed
to assess how its characteristics differ depending on patients' immune status. Of a total of 54 …

Central nervous system (CNS) nocardiosis is a rare disease entity caused by the
filamentous bacteria Nocardia species. We present a case series of 5 patients from our …