© 2017 Advanced Biomedical Research | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Sir, Shirani et al. recently reported an article entitled, “Nocardial brain abscess in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis” (DOI: 10.4103/2277-9175.164004).[1] The genus Nocardia is a Gram-positive aerobic, partially acid-fast, and fi lamentous bacterium that causes nocardial infections (nocardiosis) in human. T...

A 72-year-old Japanese woman was admitted at Saga University Hospital for fever, malaise, and productive cough. Six years ago, she had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma and was treated with inhaled corticosteroids. Chest radiograph and computed tomography on admission showed infiltrates in the right middle lobe, a mass lesion in the left lower lobe, and bronchiectasis in both lower lobes. Sp...

2 cases with cutaneous and pulmonary Nocardiosis were referred to the Medical Mycology department, Public Health Faculty of Tehran University during 4 months from June - September 1985. Case I who was 17 year- old, carpet weaver and living in Kerman bad cutaneous Nocardiosis that were manifested as cellulitis, abscess, ulcerative lesion on his neck. This patient didn't show any evidence of Noca...

ObjectiveTo analyse relevant changes in incidence, clinical and microbiological characteristics of nocardiosis over the last 24 years at current institution.Materials methodsThe records patients with (2006–2018) were reviewed then compared a previous cohort (1995–2006). Nocardia isolates identified by 5’-end-16S-rRNA-gene-PCR targeting first 500 bp gene sequencing. Susceptibility tests determin...