Clinical and laboratory features of the Nocardia spp. based on current molecular taxonomy

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-282

  Brown Elliott, Barbara A ^a   Brown, June M ^b   Conville, Patricia S ^c   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY; LUNG INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NAUSEA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NOCARDIA ANAEMIAE; NOCARDIA AOBENSIS; NOCARDIA ARTHRITIDIS; NOCARDIA ASIATICA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA BREVICATENA; NOCARDIA CARNEA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA HIGEONSIS; NOCARDIA INOHANENSIS; NOCARDIA KRUCZAKIAE; NOCARDIA MEXICANA; NOCARDIA NIIGATENSIS; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA PAUCIVORANS; NOCARDIA PNEUMONIAE; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA PURIS; NOCARDIA SIENATA; NOCARDIA TESTACEAE; NOCARDIA THAILANDICA; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIA VERMICULATA; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NOCARDIA YAMANASHIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ABSCESSUS; NOCARDIA AFRICANA; NOCARDIA ARTHRITIDIS; NOCARDIA ASIATICA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA BREVICATENA; NOCARDIA CARNEA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIA INOHANENSIS; NOCARDIA NIIGATENSIS; NOCARDIA NOVA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NOCARDIA PAUCIVORANS; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA PURIS; NOCARDIA TRANSVALENSIS; NOCARDIA VETERANA; NOCARDIA YAMANASHIENSIS;

EID: 33646231490     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.19.2.259-282.2006     Document Type: Review

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