Nocardia asteroides
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Nocardia asteroides (Eppinger, 1891) Blanchard, 1896
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Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia.[1] It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.[2]
References
- ^ Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H (2003). "Phylogeny of the genus Nocardia based on reassessed 16S rRNA gene sequences reveals underspeciation and division of strains classified as Nocardia asteroides into three established species and two unnamed taxons". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (2): 851–856. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMC 149683. PMID 12574299.
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Further reading
- Fujikura, Yuji; Kouzaki, Yuji; Ohta, Shinichiro; Hara, Yu; Mikita, Kei; Maeda, Takuya; Kanoh, Soichiro; Miura, Soichiro; Kawana, Akihiko (2012). "A Case of Nocardia asteroides Infection in a Patient with HIV/AIDS Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)". Internal Medicine. 51 (11): 1413–1417. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6961.
Praharaj, I; Sujatha, S; Ashwini, M. A.; Parija, S. C. (8 August 2013). "Co-infection with Nocardia asteroides Complex and Strongyloides stercoralis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia". 42 (1): 211-214. {{cite journal}}
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