Updated Review on Nocardia Species: 2006–2021

RM Traxler, ME Bell, B Lasker, B Headd… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
This review serves as an update to the previous Nocardia review by Brown-Elliott et al.
published in 2006 (BA Brown-Elliott, JM Brown, PS Conville, and RJ Wallace. Jr., Clin …

Nocardia spp.: a rare cause of pneumonia globally

JP Lynch III, G Reid, NM Clark - Seminars in Respiratory and …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Members of the Nocardia genus are ubiquitous in the environment. These aerobic, gram-
positive organisms can lead to life-threatening infection, typically in immunocompromised …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence of rare nocardiosis following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the era of molecular taxonomy

S Kurosawa, N Sekiya, N Doki, T Yaguchi… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical features of nocardiosis after
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), focusing on new Nocardia …

Infection after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Narrative Review of the Literature

GD Cassano, L Moretti, G Vicenti, C Buono, F Albano… - Healthcare, 2024 - mdpi.com
Infection is an uncommon side effect of arthroscopic surgery, and this percentage is higher
in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) surgery, where graft and fixation devices …

Case Report: First Case of Endophthalmitis Caused by an Emerging Pathogen: Nocardia huaxiensis

C Liu, L Zhang, L Liu, Y Wang, Y Cui, T Liang… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nocardia endophthalmitis is a relatively uncommon form of endophthalmitis seen in clinical
patients. In general, Nocardia endophthalmitis tends to carry a poor prognosis. Here, we …

Septic arthritis due to Nocardia: Case report and literature review

T Fazili, E Bansal, D Garner, V Bajwa… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nocardia is an uncommon cause of septic arthritis. We found only 37 cases reported in the
literature thus far. Amongst these, only five involved prosthetic joints. Three cases were …

Case report: Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of rare Nocardia aobensis infection in a patient with immune thrombocytopenia

X Liang, X Liu, Z Huang, F Qiu, Y Jiang, C Li… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Nocardiosis poses a diagnostic challenge due to its rarity in clinical practice,
non-specific clinical symptoms and imaging features, and the limitations of traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Complex Management of Septic Joint and Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case Report

A Mora, O Oyenusi, S Abbasi, N Mitzov, A Randhawa - Cureus, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nocardia, an opportunistic, gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacterium found in
soil and water, is known to cause infections in humans, predominantly among …

Nocardia nova infection of tibia tenodesis implant after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an immunocompetent patient

P Young, A Riga, J Brunelli - JAAOS Global Research & Reviews, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Infection after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and Nocardia infection in
immunocompetent hosts are rare events in isolation. This case report highlights the rare …

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction complicated by Propionibacterium acnes infection: case series

AC DiBartola, KR Swank… - The Physician and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is one of the most commonly performed
orthopaedic procedures. While generally successful, failure resulting in revision surgery is …