Biology:Nocardia asteroides
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Short description: Species of bacterium
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| Class: | Actinobacteria
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| Species: | N. 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
- ↑ "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. 2003. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMID 12574299.
- ↑ "Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine". http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/966919-overview.
Further reading
- Fujikura, Yuji; Kouzaki, Yuji; Ohta, Shinichiro; Hara, Yu; Mikita, Kei; Maeda, Takuya; Kanoh, Soichiro; Miura, Soichiro et al. (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. PMID 22687853.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3140162 entry
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