Johns Hopkins Antibiotic (ABX) Guide

Nocardia

John G. Bartlett, M.D.

MICROBIOLOGY

  • Gram-positive branching, beaded, filamentous rod.
  • Weakly acid fast.
  • Grows on special media (Thayer-Martin) in 3-5d.
  • 12 species: N. asteroides 90% (lung +/- CNS disease), N. brasiliensis = mycetoma (tropics), N. farcinica (bad prognosis).
  • More recently detected species include N. nova, N. cyriacigeorica and N. farcinica.

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Nocardia
Last updated: March 15, 2011
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