This review serves as an update to the previous Nocardia review by Brown-Elliott et al.
published in 2006 (BA Brown-Elliott, JM Brown, PS Conville, and RJ Wallace. Jr., Clin …

Pleural infection is a common condition encountered by respiratory physicians and thoracic
surgeons alike. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and European Society of Thoracic …

The recent explosion of newly described species of Nocardia results from the impact in the
last decade of newer molecular technology, including PCR restriction enzyme analysis and …

Nocardiosis is a localized or disseminated infection caused by a soil-borne aerobic
actinomycete, most commonly introduced through the respiratory tract. The pulmonary event …

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

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 …

Background and objectives: Pulmonary nocardiosis (PN) is an infrequent but severe
infection caused by Nocardia spp., which can behave either as opportunistic or primary …

Nocardia species are ubiquitous soil organisms that often infect patients with underlying
immune compromise, pulmonary disease, or a history of surgery or trauma. We report 5 …

Background: Nocardiosis is a localized or disseminated infection caused by an aerobic
actinomycete that usually affects immunocompromised patients. Nocardiosis has been …

These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the
American Society of Transplantation review the diagnosis, prevention, and management of …