Actinomycete infections in humans — a review

Nocardia veterana sp. nov., isolated from human bronchial lavage.

“…nov., polyphasic taxonomy As some nocardiae cause a variety of suppurative diseases in humans and animals, notably actinomycete mycetoma and nocardiosis (Boiron et al, 1993 ;Schaal & Lee, 1992 ;Tsukamura, 1982), it is important to differentiate the nocardiae to species level. Nocardia brasiliensis and Nocardia transvalensis are the main causal agents of actinomycete mycetoma (McNeil & Brown, 1994 ;McNeil et al, 1992), and the predominant agents of nocardiosis are Nocardia asteroides, Nocardia farcinica and Nocardia nova (Schaal & Lee, 1992 ;Wallace et al, 1991). Nocardia seriolae (Kudo et al, 1988) and Nocardia salmonicida (Isik et al, 1999) .…”

Oral manifestation araising in actinomycosis

“…It's often only discovered during tests or surgery to check for other conditions. [10] [4]. A biopsy is where a small tissue sample is removed so it can be examined under a microscope.…”

Fatal cases of disseminated nocardiosis: challenges to physicians and clinical microbiologists – Case report

“…On the basis of literature data, N. farcinica and N. cyriacigeorgica are increasingly reported in human infections [5]. These species are associated with pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms of nocardiosis; in addition to these, N. farcinica has emerged as a nosocomial pathogen, while the detection of N. farcinica from blood is rare [5,8]. Christidou et al [7] reported a case of fatal N. farcinica bacteremia in a patient with lung cancer, and they found only 11 previously reported cases, in English literature.…”