Nocardial infections in the immunocompromised host: A detailed study in a defined population.
Cobo et al., "
Nocardial infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus," Clinical Microbiology and Infection, vol.
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).
Causey, "
Nocardial infections in the United States, 1972-1974," The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.
Nocardial brain abscess: observation of treatment strategies and outcome in Switzerland from 1992 to 1999.
Host resistance to
Nocardial infection depends on cell-mediated immunity.
The majority of
nocardial skin infections are caused by N.
Excisional cervical lymph node and lung biopsy samples were processed for bacterial,
nocardial, fungal, and mycobacterial cultures and staining.
* 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.
We report here a rare case of
nocardial pneumonia that was wrongly treated as pulmonary tuberculosis for first few weeks.
(5.) Ali T, Chakraburtty A, Mahmood S, Bronze MS Risk of
nocardial infections with anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.
(10,11) Conventional approaches for detection of
nocardial infection are isolation and identification of the bacterium by microbiological tests.
