Nocardiosis from 1888 to 2017

M Fatahi-Bafghi - Microbial pathogenesis, 2018 - Elsevier
The genus Nocardia is an aerobic bacterium, Gram-positive and catalase positive that is in
Nocardiaceae family. This bacterium first described by Edmond Nocard in 1888 and is not in …

Bacteria that masquerade as fungi: actinomycosis/nocardia

DC Sullivan, SW Chapman - Proceedings of the American Thoracic …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
The order Actinomycetales includes phylogenetically diverse but morphologically similar
aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that exhibit filamentous branching structures which fragment …

Epidemiology and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of the main Nocardia species in Spain

S Valdezate, N Garrido, G Carrasco… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: The aims of this study were to explore the clinical distribution, by species, of the
genus Nocardia and to assess the antimicrobial susceptibilities of the 10 most prevalent …

Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Actinomadura, Streptomyces, and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes

PS Conville, FG Witebsky - Manual of clinical microbiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The aerobic actinomycetes are aerobic Gram‐positive rods, most of which exhibit branching
on microscopic evaluation. These organisms have been noted to cause significant …

Clinical and microbiological features of nocardiosis 1997–2003

J Muñoz, B Mirelis, LM Aragón… - Journal of medical …, 2007 - microbiologyresearch.org
Nocardiosis has been believed to be caused by the members of the Nocardia asteroides
complex and the Nocardia brasiliensis species. However, recent advances in genotypic …

Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, an Emerging Pathogen in the United States

R Schlaberg, RC Huard… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nocardia cyriacigeorgica is recognized as an emerging pathogen in many parts of the world.
We present the first case description of invasive N. cyriacigeorgica pulmonary infection in …

The strengths and weaknesses of Gordonia: A review of an emerging genus with increasing biotechnological potential

O Drzyzga - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review about the genus Gordonia provides a current overview of recent research on a
young genus that was introduced in the year 1997. This emerging genus has attracted …

Misdiagnosed tuberculosis being corrected as Nocardia farcinica infection by metagenomic sequencing: a case report

L Pan, X Pan, J Xu, X Huang, J Qiu, C Wang, X Ji… - BMC Infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Disseminated nocardiosis is liable to be misdiagnosed owing to the non-
specific clinical manifestations and laboratory/imaging findings. Metagenomic next …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation, characterization and biological evaluation of bioactive metabolites from Nocardia levis MK-VL_113

A Kavitha, P Prabhakar, M Narasimhulu… - Microbiological …, 2010 - Elsevier
An Actinomycete isolate found to be prominent in the laterite soils of Acharya Nagarjuna
University (ANU) Campus, Guntur was identified as Nocardia levis MK-VL_113 by 16S rRNA …

Phylogenetic studies of Nocardia species based on gyrB gene analyses

K Takeda, Y Kang, K Yazawa… - Journal of medical …, 2010 - microbiologyresearch.org
Phylogenetic analyses of 56 type species of Nocardia were conducted using the partial
nucleotide sequences of the gyrase B–encoding gene (gyrB). The interspecies similarities of …