Nocardia asteroides explained

Nocardia asteroides is a species of Nocardia.^[1] It can cause nocardiosis, a severe pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts.^[2]

Further reading

• Fujikura. Yuji. Kouzaki. Yuji. Ohta. Shinichiro. Hara. Yu. Mikita. Kei. Maeda. Takuya. Kanoh. Soichiro. Miura. Soichiro. Kawana. Akihiko. A Case of Nocardia asteroides Infection in a Patient with HIV/AIDS Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). Internal Medicine. 2012. 51. 11. 1413–1417. 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6961. 22687853. free.

External links

• Type strain of Nocardia asteroides at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H . 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 . . 41 . 2 . 851–856 . 2003 . 12574299 . 149683 . 10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003 .
2. Web site: Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine .