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• A case report of Nocardia cyriacigeorgica presenting as cellulitis with multiple discharging sinuses

  Authors:Archana Bora, Laxmi Rathore, Prabhat Khatri, and C. ChattopadhyayFrom:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Vol. 62, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20191,739 words Clinical report 1530LByline: Archana. Bora, Laxmi. Rathore, Prabhat. Khatri, C. Chattopadhyay Nocardia spp. are filamentous Gram positive bacteria that are ubiquitous soil saprophytes. The majority of nocardial infections occur in...

• Nocardia mikamii a novel species causing disseminated nocardiosis: a literature review of disseminated nocardiosis

  Authors:Muhammad Khan, Mohammed Muqeet Adnan, Najmi Shahbaz, Muhammad Hamza, and Sufyan Abdul MujeebFrom:International Scholarly Research NoticesPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20144,541 words Clinical report 1440LNocardia is an uncommon Gram-positive organism. It typically appears as delicate filamentous Gram-positive branching rods. In the United States it was estimated to be approximately 500 to 1000 new cases per year. The...

• Antimicrobial drug resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae mitis

  Authors:Olivier Barraud, Edgar Badell, Francois Denis, Nicole Guiso, and Marie-Cecile PloyFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20111,243 words Letter to the editor 1260LTo the Editor: Corynebacterium diphtheriae is the agent of pharyngeal and cutaneous diphtheria. We did a retrospective analysis of the antimicrobial drug susceptibilities of 46 C. diphtheriae isolates sent during 1993...

• Nocardia polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay performed on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after lung transplantation: A prospective pilot study

  Authors:Julien Coussement, David Lebeaux, Najla El Bizri, Vincent Claes, Michel Kohnen, Deborah Steensels, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 25, 20194,062 words Report 1560LBackground Transplant recipients are at risk of pulmonary nocardiosis, a life-threatening opportunistic infection caused by Nocardia species. Given the limitations of conventional diagnostic techniques (i.e.,...

• Nocardiosis in central Kerala: A case series

  Authors:Deepthi Karumanchi, Seema Oommen, P. Sivan Pillai, and Jacinth AngelFrom:International Journal of Medicine and Public Health (Vol. 5, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 20151,979 words Case study 1410LByline: Deepthi. Karumanchi, Seema. Oommen, P. Sivan Pillai, Jacinth. Angel Nocardiosis is an infrequent infection that is often misdiagnosed or under-diagnosed because of its nonspecific clinical picture and...

• A case of Nocardia transvalensis pneumonia in a 19-year-old cystic fibrosis patient

  Authors:Avinash Aravantagi, Kamakshya Patra, Marlene Broussard, and Kimberly JonesFrom:Lung India (Vol. 29, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 20121,345 words Article 1480LByline: Avinash. Aravantagi, Kamakshya. Patra, Marlene. Broussard, Kimberly. Jones Nocardia species is rarely encountered in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Its isolation usually implies colonization. Of all other...

• Sporotrichoid nocardiosis with cutaneous dissemination

  Authors:Sanjay Bosamiya, Jignesh Vaishnani, and Anjum MominFrom:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 77, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 20111,580 words Case study 1530LByline: Sanjay. Bosamiya, Jignesh. Vaishnani, Anjum. Momin Dissemination of primary cutaneous nocardiosis is a rare event. A 37-year-old man working as farmer presented with multiple painful suppurative nodular and...

• Isolation and detection of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in the reproductive organs and associated lymph nodes of non-pregnant does experimentally inoculated through intradermal route in chronic form

  Authors:Nur Amirah Abdul Latif, Faez Firdaus Jesse Abdullah, Aishatu Mohammed Othman, Adza Rina, Eric Lim Teik Chung, Mohd Zamri-Saad, et al.From:Veterinary World (Vol. 8, Issue 7)

  July 20152,890 words Clinical report 1520LAim: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiological agent of caseous lymphadenitis that affects sheep and goats. This study was designed to determine the presence of the causative organism in the female...

• Sporotrichoid pattern of cutaneous nocardiasis due to Nocardia asteroids

  Authors:V. Baradkar, M. Mathur, S. Kulkarni, and S. KumarFrom:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Vol. 51, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 20081,519 words Case study Byline: V. Baradkar, M. Mathur, S. Kulkarni, S. Kumar Cutaneous nocardiosis is a rare disease, only a few cases of which have been reported from the world as well as in India. This infection, when in the...

• Infliximab: nocardia infection and aspergillosis: case report

  From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1273)

  Oct. 10, 2009308 words Brief article, Case ... 1180LA 20-year-old man with Crohn's disease developed Nocardia infection and aspergillosis during treatment with infliximab [time to reaction onset not clearly stated]. The man's medications included prednisone,...

• Severe Pneumonia Caused by Corynebacterium striatum in Adults, Seoul, South Korea, 2014-2019.

  Authors:Yun Woo Lee, Jin Won Huh, Sang-Bum Hong, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Yong Pil Chong, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 28, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20224,008 words Report 1430LWe investigated the proportion and characteristics of severe Corynebacterium striatum pneumonia in South Korea during 2014-2019. As part of an ongoing observational study of severe pneumonia among adult patients, we...

• Utility of Cysteine lactose electrolyte-deficient agar for rapid isolation of Nocardia species

  Authors:Sarika Jain, Navneet Sharma, and Tulsi ChughFrom:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Vol. 56, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  October-December 2013882 words Letter to the editor... 1750LByline: Sarika. Jain, Navneet. Sharma, Tulsi. Chugh Sir, Nocardial infections, earlier considered uncommon, are now being increasingly observed, especially with a rise in the immunocompromised population over the...

• Pulmonary Nocardia ignorata Infection in Gardener, Iran, 2017

  Authors:Hossein A. Rahdar, Mehrnaz A. Gharabaghi, Abbas Bahador, Shahram Shahraki-Zahedani, Morteza Karami-Zarandi, Shahram Mahmoudi, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20201,229 words Clinical report 1280LNocardia ignorata, which was first described in 2001, is a rare human pathogen. We report a case of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by this bacterium in a 55-year-old man from Iran. The patient, a gardener, had frequent...

• Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

  Authors:Claire Bernardin Souibgui, Anthony Zoropogui, Jeremy Voisin, Sebastien Ribun, Valentin Vasselon, Petar Pujic, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 10, 20177,506 words Report 1300LBackground Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disorder characterized by dopaminergic neuron programmed cell death. The etiology of PD remains uncertain-some cases are due to selected genes associated with familial...

• Factors affecting the clinical relevance of Corynebacterium striatum isolated from blood cultures

  Authors:Seung Ji Kang, Su-Mi Choi, Jin-A Choi, Jin Un Choi, Tae-Hoon Oh, Seong Eun Kim, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 21, 20185,370 words Report 1450LThis study aimed to identify clinical or microbiological factors affecting the clinical relevance of Corynebacterium striatum isolated from blood cultures. A total of 64 isolates from 51 patients identified as C....

• Draining jaw lesion following treatment for a dental abscess

  Authors:Richard A. Krathen and Sylvia HsuFrom:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 11, Issue 10)

  Oct. 2008460 words Case study 1160LOne month ago, a 63-year-old woman was treated for a dental abscess on her right lower jaw. Resolution was achieved with oral penicillin. However, a small red bump appeared on the overlying skin. The lesion developed...

• Cotrimoxazole: pulmonary nocardiosis resulting from drug-resistant nocardia asteroides in an elderly patient: case report

  From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1306)

  June 19, 2010307 words Brief article, Case ... 990L[S] A 68-year-old man developed pulmonary nocardiosis despite treatment with cotrimoxazole [trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole] for Nocardia asteroides infection. The man, who had bilateral cylindrical bronchiectasis...

• Unusual presentation of pulmonary nocardiosis as pyopneumothorax in HIV

  Authors:Aswini Kumar, Aswanth Reddy, and Kumar SatagopanFrom:Lung India (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May-June 2015884 words Clinical report 1340LByline: Aswini. Kumar, Aswanth. Reddy, Kumar. Satagopan Sir, Nocardia are branching, beaded, filamentous bacteria, commonly affecting the lungs, brain and skin in immunocompromised host. It is an uncommon...

• Pitted keratolysis

  Authors:Gurcharan Singh and Chandra NaikFrom:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May-June 20051,585 words Article Byline: Gurcharan. Singh, Chandra. Naik The Corynebacteria are a diverse group of gram-positive bacilli which include Corynebacterium diphtheriae as well as a bewildering number of species that are found on the skin...

• Corynebacterium ulcerans diphtheria in Japan. (Letters)

  Authors:Akio Hatanaka, Tsunoda Atsunobu, Makoto Okamoto, Kenji Ooe, Akira Nakamura, Masashi Miyakoshi, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 9, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2003913 words Article To the Editor: Corynebacterium ulcerans causes a zoonotic infection similar to diphtheria, which is caused by C. diphtheriae. Studies indicate that signs and symptoms of a diphtheria-like illness caused by C. ulcerans...