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Nocardia farcinica

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Nocardia far·ci·ni·ca (fär-sn-k)
n.
A species of Nocardia that sometimes causes systemic nocardiosis.

Nocardia
a genus of gram-positive, modified acid-fast bacteria, with branching filaments that break into cocci or bacilli, in the family Nocardiaceae. Most are soil saprophytes which uncommonly may cause pyogranulomatous infections in a number of species.

Nocardia asteroides, Nocardia brasiliensis
may cause mastitis in cattle, pneumonia, mastitis and lymphadenitis in pigs, sheep and goats, and cutaneous or systemic nocardiosis of dogs and cats.
Nocardia farcinica
there is some uncertainty about the taxonomic status of this species; causes bovine farcy.
Nocardia otitidiscaviarum
causes dermatitis on guinea pig ears.


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Unscrubbed surgical personnel have been linked to other postoperative wound infections, including an anesthesiologist colonized with Nocardia farcinica who reportedly caused five postoperative sternotomy infections (8).
The patient was also treated with imipenem/cilastatin, cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin, ethambutol, and azithromycin for pneumonia and bacteremia due to Nocardia farcinica, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
Other species responsible for disease in humans include Nocardia brasiliensis, Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, Nocardia farcinica, Nocardia nova, and Nocardia transvalensis.
 
 
 
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