nocardial

[no-kahr´de-al]

pertaining to or caused by Nocardia.

Nocardia

(no-kar'de-a)

[Edmund I. E. Nocard, Fr. veterinary pathologist, 1850–1903]

A genus of gram-positive aerobic bacilli that often appear in filaments. Some species are acid-fast and thus may be confused with the causative organism for tuberculosis when stained. A species pathogenic for humans causes the disease nocardiosis. nocardial (no-kar'de-al), adjective

Nocardia asteroides

A species pathogenic for humans in which abscesses called mycetomas arise in the skin. The invasion site may be the lungs or skin. See: nocardiosis

Nocardia brasiliensis

A species pathogenic for humans in which chronic subcutaneous abscesses are formed.

References in periodicals archive ?

Nocardial infections in the immunocompromised host: A detailed study in a defined population.

First Report of the Isolation of Nocardia thailandica from the Bronchoalveolar Lavage of a Patient in Iran

Cobo et al., "Nocardial infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus," Clinical Microbiology and Infection, vol.

Evaluating the Contribution of Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pulmonary Infections among HIV and Non-HIV Patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana

At least 50 nocardial species have been identified as human pathogens though 113 species have been elucidated to date (see http://www.bacterio.net/nocardia.html).

Nocardia spp. Pneumonia in a Solid Organ Recipient: Role of Linezolid

Causey, "Nocardial infections in the United States, 1972-1974," The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.

Primary Nocardia Infection Causing a Fluorodeoxyglucose-Avid Right Renal Mass in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient

Nocardial brain abscess: observation of treatment strategies and outcome in Switzerland from 1992 to 1999.

Outcome of burr-hole aspiration of brain abscess

Host resistance to Nocardial infection depends on cell-mediated immunity.

A Novel Case of Pulmonary Nocardiosis with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

The majority of nocardial skin infections are caused by N.

CASES IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Case Thirty-One: Need For Speed: When Turnaround Time Matters

Excisional cervical lymph node and lung biopsy samples were processed for bacterial, nocardial, fungal, and mycobacterial cultures and staining.

Methylotroph infections and chronic granulomatous disease

* Certain pathogens* including gram-negative bacteria*[ nocardial abscess*(8*9)or aspergillosis[ portend a worse prognosis and higher mortality rates* particularly in immune-compromised patients.

Study of intracranial abscess in Gandhi Medical College Bhopal from June 2010 to May 2014

We report here a rare case of nocardial pneumonia that was wrongly treated as pulmonary tuberculosis for first few weeks.

Nocardial pneumonia in an immunocompetent young female: a rare entity

(5.) Ali T, Chakraburtty A, Mahmood S, Bronze MS Risk of nocardial infections with anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.

Pulmonary nocardiosis in an adolescent patient with Crohn's disease treated with infliximab: a serious complication of TNF-alpha blockers

(10,11) Conventional approaches for detection of nocardial infection are isolation and identification of the bacterium by microbiological tests.