Nocardia asteroides

Nocardia
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N. asteroides
Binomial name
Nocardia asteroides
(Eppinger, 1891) Blanchard, 1896

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

References

  1. Roth A, Andrees S, Kroppenstedt RM, Harmsen D, Mauch H (2003). "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. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.2.851-856.2003. PMC 149683. PMID 12574299.
  2. "Nocardiosis: Overview - eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine".

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