Publications

[action of diaminodiphenylsulfone on nocardia brasiliensis; studies in vitro, in experimental infection and in the clinic].		1952	13043714
[thoracopulmonary mycetoma caused by actinomyces bovis and nocardia brasiliensis].		1953	13107884
[a cutaneous test for diagnosis of actinomycotic mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis].		1953	13134905
[experimentation with ethyl vanillate in two cases of coccidioidomycosis and one case of actinomycotic mycetoma due to nocardia brasiliensis].		1953	13178233
nocardiosis of the knee caused by nocardia brasiliensis; report of first case in a native of the united states.		1954	13188464
[treatment of deep mycoses with steroids; inutility of pregnenolone in a case of mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis].		1955	13255256
[two cases of congo mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis].		1956	13382069
[podal mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis].		1958	13591760
a comparison of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis.		1959	13631189
schema for the differentiation of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis.		1959	13802253
[isolation of nocardia brasiliensis and asteroides from soils].		1960	13900235
isolation of nocardia brasiliensis from a cat with a review of its prevalence and geographic distribution.		1961	13681862
the identification of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis.		1961	13704444
[characteristics of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis in tissue cultures].		1961	14487038
[from nocardioses and mycetomas to nocardia steroides and nocardia brasiliensis].		1962	13933054
mycetomas caused by nocardia brasiliensis; with a note on the isolation of the causative organism from soil.		1962	13939425
mycetoma by nocardia brasiliensis. isolation of the agent from soils.		1962	13949039
[sulfisoxazol in the treatment of mycetomas caused by nocardia brasiliensis].		1962	14466437
precipitin and skin tests in the diagnosis of mycetoma due to nocardia brasiliensis.		1963	13968566
immunologically active polysaccharides from nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis.	zamora, a. (university of mexico, mexico, d.f.), l. f. bojalil, and fernando bastarrachea. immunologically active polysaccharides from nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis. j. bacteriol. 85:549-555. 1963.-two immunologically active polysaccharides were isolated from nocardia asteroides (poly i na and poly ii na) and n. brasiliensis (poly i nb and poly ii nb). these polysaccharides were isolated from cell extracts and purified by methanol precipitation, chloroform extraction of extraneou ...	1963	14042932
nocardia brasiliensis in new england.		1964	14062127
disseminated nocardiosis caused by nocardia brasiliensis. first case report in the united states.		1964	14096366
mycetoma in north india due to nocardia brasiliensis. first report of n. brasiliensis from asia.		1964	14187897
[isolation of a new alcohol, 16-hentriacontanol from the lipids of nocardia brasiliensis].		1964	14222640
[mycetoma of the foot caused by "nocardia brasiliensis"].		1965	14322366
mycetoma (nocardia brasiliensis).		1965	14329245
mycetoma (nocardia brasiliensis).		1965	11851267
immunochemistry of the group-specific polysaccharide of nocardia brasiliensis.	estrada-parra, sergio (escuela nacional de ciencias biológicas, méxico, d.f., méxico), abel zamora, and l. f. bojalil. immunochemistry of the group-specific polysaccharide of nocardia brasiliensis. j. bacteriol. 90:571-574. 1965.-the group-specific polysaccharide of nocardia brasiliensis was further purified, yielding an amorphous white material with the following characteristics: [alpha](d) (20) = + 48; nitrogen, 0.5%; phosphorus, 0.1%; and ash as sodium, 0.8%. the polymer is made of d-arabinos ...	1965	16562050
[treatment of mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis using a new sulfamide administered once a week].		1965	5263083
primary chancriform syndrome caused by nocardia brasiliensis.		1966	5900706
mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis in missouri. case report.		1966	5946294
electron microscopic studies on granules of nocardia brasiliensis in man.		1966	5977763
[action "in vitro" of a sulfonamide, ro-44393, on actinomyces brasiliensis (nocardia brasiliensis)].		1966	5997146
sporotrichoid nocardiosis caused by nocardia brasiliensis.		1967	6023043
[presence of an antigen in mycobacterium lepraemurium which is also common in mycobacterium leprae and nocardia brasilensis].		1967	4971556
[nocardia brasiliensis in czechslovakia. comparative studies of 2 strains isolated from mycetomas].		1968	4234462
mycetoma by nocardia brasiliensis successfully treated with ethambutol.		1969	5368017
mycetoma due to nocardia brasiliensis.		1970	4989461
rifkind d: nocardia brasiliensis lymphocutaneous syndrome.		1971	5102581
fatal infection by nocardia brasiliensis in an armadillo.		1972	4553716
mycetoma of the foot caused by nocardia brasiliensis.		1972	4624524
lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection mimicking sporotrichosis.		1973	4698772
disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection.		1973	4701385
nocardia brasiliensis infection in the united states: a report of nine cases and a review of the literature.		1973	4720402
chemotherapeutic sensitivity and viability of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis in drugs.		1973	4584078
mycetomas caused by curvularia lunata, madurella grisea, aspergillus nidulans, and nocardia brasiliensis in sudan.		1973	4584205
[in vitro sensitivity of nocardia brasiliensis to various antibiotics and therapeutic drugs].		1974	4468453
systemic nocardiosis caused by nocardia brasiliensis.		1974	4809153
fusion of normal rabbit alveolar macrophages induced by supernatant fluids from bcg-sensitized lymph node cells after elicitation by antigen.	cell-free supernatant fluids obtained from bcg-sensitized lymph node cells (6 x 10(6) cell/ml) incubated in tissue culture flasks containing heat-killed bcg (5 mug/ml) induced extensive development of multinucleated giant cells when incubated with normal alveolar macrophages. in contrast, supernatant fluids obtained after incubation of similar samples of the same lymph node cell population in flasks with (i) no mycobacteria, (ii) heat-killed escherichia coli, or (iii) heat-killed bacillus subtil ...	1974	4131544
serological reactions to nocardia antigens.	sera from 23 patients with nocardiosis were tested for the presence of precipitating antibodies against an extract of nocardia asteroides. sera from nine of 20 patients infected with nocardia asteroides and one of three sera from patients with nocardia brasiliensis produced one to three precipitin lines with the antigen. sera from eight of 55 patients with tuberculosis and 11 of 13 patients with leprosy also contained nocardia precipitins. none of 33 sera from patients with cryptococcosis, blast ...	1975	1098461
letter: nocardia brasiliensis mycetoma: treatment with co-trimoxazole.		1975	1130811
sporotrichoid nocardia brasiliensis infection. response to potassium iodide.	a lymphocutaneous infection due to nocardia brasiliensis occurred in a maryland gardener. this infection responded rapidly and completely to potassium iodide therapy.	1975	1190621
proceedings: nocardia brasiliensis mycetoma.		1975	1190808
disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection.	we report a 40-year-old man with advanced hodgkin disease who received combination chemotherapy and developed disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection. we discuss opportunistic infections in the compromised host, with particular reference to nocardial disease and certain biologic characteristics of that organism.	1976	1259450
nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis infections in mice.	a model for nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis infections in swiss white mice has been established without the addition to the inocula of any form of adjuvant. serial histopathological studies revealed that these two actinomycetes cause lesions that are quite different in their features. an acute suppurative abscess characterizes the lesions of n. asteroides. in the case of n. brasiliensis infections a granuloma is produced in which a striking feature is the presence of large numbers ...	1976	773837
different degrees of morbidity, in the white mouse, induced by nocardia brasiliensis, nocardia asteroides and nocardia caviae.	the respective degrees of morbidity induced by 6 strains each of nocardia brasiliensis, n. asteroides and n. caviae were investigated by the method of inoculation in the plantar pad of the white mouse, using a suspension of these nocardiae at a concentration of 10 mg/0-1 ml., and inspecting the animals one month, two months and three months following inoculation. all of the strains of n. brasiliensis produced attack greater and more consistent than that of the other species, n. caviae and n. ast ...	1976	793053
lymphocutaneous nocardiosis due to nocardia brasiliensis.	a farmer had chaining lymphocutaneous granuloma on the right hand and arm. clinically the syndrome seemed typical for sporotrichosis. bacteriological examination revealed nocardia brasiliensis as the only etiologic agent. since 1920, eight similar cases of sporotrichoid nocardiosis have been reported from various parts of the world. to our knowledge, isolation of n brasiliensis has not been reported previously in this geographical area.	1977	856052
amyloidosis developing in experimental nocardia infections.	swiss white and c57/bl/6j mice inoculated repeatedly with either nocardia asteroides or nocardia brasiliensis organisms developed amyloidosis over a 7-month period. amyloidosis also developed in these mice within 6 weeks following a single large inoculum of either organism, but not in other in-bred mouse strains, suggesting a genetic influence in the pathogenesis of this form of secondary amyloidosis.	1977	861163
lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection simulating sporotrichosis.		1977	906457
nocardia infections in congenitally athymic (nude) mice and in other inbred mouse strains.	the mortality rate and histopathological features of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis infections in congenitally athymic (nude) mice of icr and c3h/eb origins were quite different from what we found for swiss white mice and other inbred mouse strains (namely, c57/bl/6j, new zealand black, balb/c, cba/lac, and c3h/eb). the immunocompetent littermates of the congenitally athymic mice occupied an intermediate position between their athymic siblings and swiss white mice in terms of thei ...	1977	336547
preliminary investigation of the use of the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in the serodiagnosis of mycetoma.	antibody levels in a small group of sudanese patients with clinically diagnosed mycetoma, and control groups were measured by countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis (cie) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). antigens were prepared from the following organisms: streptomyces somaliensis, actinomadura madurae, a. pelletieri, nocardia brasiliensis and madurella mycetomi. positive reactions were obtained in clinical cases against the homologous antigens in both cie and elisa; all heterologous ...	1978	360443
changes in host resistance caused by nocardia brasiliensis in mice: cross-protection against listeria monocytogenes.	listeria monocytogenes was used to study the rate of development, magnitude, and persistence of the antimicrobial resistance engendered by nocardia brasiliensis infection in mice. the growth of listeria in the liver and spleen was more effectively restricted in nocardia-infected mice than in noninfected animals. the development of delayed-type hypersensitivity to the nocardia antigen was closely correlated to the increased resistance to listeria, suggesting that both properties are the consequen ...	1978	640748
b-lymphocyte activation with an extract of nocardia brasiliensis.	an extract from the pathogenic actinomycete nocardia brasiliensis was mitogenic for murine lymphocytes. this deoxyribonucleic acid-synthetic response of whole spleen cells peaked after 48 h in culture at concentrations of nocardia extract ranging from 10 to 200 micrograms/ml. the extract appeared to be a mitogen for b lymphocytes since cultures of spleen cells from congenitally athymic nude (nu/nu) mice and of antithymocyte serum plus complement-treated spleen cells from conventional (+/+) mice ...	1979	314931
primary cutaneous nocardiosis.	seven patients with primary cutaneous nocardiosis were seen during a 20-month period. six patients had a history of local trauma to an extremity or did frequent yard work. the spectrum of clinical disease included cellulitis, pustules,pyoderma, or lymphocutaneous syndrome mimicking sporotrichosis. evidence of nocardia infection elsewhere was absent, and no patient had a serious underlying disease. nocardia brasiliensis was isolated from four cases, and n asteroides was identified in the other th ...	1979	376887
[fatty acid composition of the lipids of streptomycetes and their nocardia-like mutants].	the models "population--nocardia-like spontaneous mutants" for 14 cultures of streptomycetes and streptoverticillium were used to assess the fatty acid composition of lipids as a criterion for generic differentiation of streptomyces and nocardia cultures. the composition of fatty acids in the nocardia-like mutant str. kanamyceticus ria-771 was found to be identical with that of nocardia asteroides ria-43 and nocardia brasiliensis ria-440, i. e. generic chemotaxonomic traits "overlapped" in the p ...	1980	6777646
an ultrastructural comparison of the cell envelopes of selected strains of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis.	growth curves were determined for three strains each of nocardia asteroides and nocardia brasiliensis. two strains of n. brasiliensis and one strain of n. asteroides had longer lag periods of growth than the remaining three strains. all strains had generation times of approximately 5.5 hours. the ultrastructure of the cell envelope of each nocardia strain in early stationary phase growth was also examined. all the strains had typical trilaminar cell walls and cell membranes. the thickness of the ...	1980	6990267
resistance to nocardia brasiliensis infection in mice immunized with either nocardia or bcg.	different vaccination procedures to increase the mechanisms of host resistance to nocardia brasiliensis were studied in mice. when mice were challenged in the footpad, 2 x 10(8) n. brasiliensis 20 days after footpad inoculation with either viable or killed n. brasiliensis, the mice demonstrated significant resistance to infection when compared with noninfected and nonimmunized mice. the degree of resistance seems to be correlated with the delayed-type hypersensitivity response in the vaccinated ...	1980	7393313
experimental production of actinomycetoma in balb/c mice.	chronic actinomycetoma associated with grain production was induced in balb/c mice by subcutaneous inoculation of live nocardia brasiliensis in freund incomplete adjuvant into the hind footpads. similar inoculation of n. asteroides and n. caviae resulted in local tumor formation which healed spontaneously after 5 months, the disease disseminating into the peritoneum, where masses or organisms could be detected. grains were recovered from superficial skin lesions of n. caviae, but not from the n. ...	1980	7429630
nocardia brasiliensis in a horse with pneumonia and pleuritis.	a 15 month-old quarter horse colt developed severe bacterial pneumonia and effusive pleuritis. a beta-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from a tracheal wash specimen but the colt died despite conventional therapy. the gross post mortem and histologic lesions were characteristic of pulmonary nocardiosis. nocardia brasiliensis was isolated from the lung and bronchial lymph node.	1980	7460568
numerical and chemical classification of nocardia amarae.	twenty-one strains of nocardia amarae and marker cultures of mycobacterium, nocardia, rhodococcus and the 'aurantiaca' taxon were subjected to numerical phenetic analyses using 92 unit characters. the data were examined using the simple matching (ssm), jaccard (sj) and pattern (dp) coefficients and clustering was achieved using the unweighted average linkage algorithm. neither cluster nor aggregate cluster composition was markedly affected by the coefficient used or by test error, estimated at 1 ...	1982	7119738
nocardia brasiliensis: mycetoma induction and growth cycle.	the capacity of nocardia brasiliensis to induce mycetoma in balb/c mice in the absence of adjuvants was studied. whether the virulence of n. brasiliensis varied in the different phases of its growth cycle was also determined. the results showed that n. brasiliensis suspended in 0.15 m nacl and injected into the footpads of mice were able to induce mycetoma after only 14 days of infection, as evidenced by histological studies. data are also presented indicating that the virulence of n. brasiliens ...	1982	7152671
[sporotrichoid infection caused by nocardia brasiliensis].	a few days after a spine of one of his indoor cacti had pricked the fourth finger of his left hand, a 56-year-old man developed multiple inflammatory suppurating nodules and infiltrates and a cord-like lymphangitis on the left forearm and upper arm. nocardia brasiliensis was cultivated from aspirated pus. subsequently, both nocardia brasiliensis and nocardia asteroides were isolated from the cactus earth. this is the first report of an infection by nocardia brasiliensis acquired in germany.	1982	7152897
nocardia brasiliensis-mycetoma--(a case report).		1982	7175764
[experimental pathogenicity of isolates of nocardia asteroides, nocardia brasiliensis and nocardia caviae from different sources].	the experimental pathogenicity of 14 isolates of nocardia brasiliensis, 15 of n. asteroides, and 5 of n. caviae was investigated for the white swiss mice inoculated intraperitoneally and in the foot pad, and for the guinea-pig and the hamster (mesocricetus auratus) both inoculated intratesticularly. the guinea-pig was remarkably sensitive to n. asteroides, with an apparent relationship between pathogenicity and thermotolerance, confirming previous observations. mice were in general less suscepti ...	1982	6760417
enhanced resistance to nocardia brasiliensis infection in mice depleted of antigen-specific b cells.	this study deals with the roles of t and b cells in nocardia brasiliensis infection in mice. nocardia injected into the animals' footpads caused inflammatory responses and mycetomas in situ, resulting in granulomatous lesions of subcutaneous tissues and eventual bone destruction. these clinical features resemble those of humans infected with nocardia. the effect, if any, of antibody was studied by passively transferring anti-nocardia serum into either immunologically normal or t-deficient infect ...	1982	6980947
immunoglobulin and complement in tissues of mice infected with nocardia brasiliensis.	two weeks after mice had been infected in the footpad with cells of nocardia brasiliensis, immunoglobulin and c3 deposits were observed in tissue from the inoculation site. both immunoglobulin and c3 were found in the actinomycotic granules that characterize the mycetoma and in the surrounding inflammatory zones, in which plasma cells were also present. although anti-n. brasiliensis specificity was evidenced at 14 days postinfection in an eluate of infected tissue by an immunoenzymatic assay, no ...	1983	6852920
[mycetoma in northern argentina].	from 1972 to october 1982 we have observed 39 cases of mycetoma in the skin department of the hospital del milagro, salta (argentina). the diagnosis was based on the clinical aspect, mycological studies and in most cases histopathology was done as well. the mayoritary of the patients were farmers. from the clinical point of view there si a true prevalence of nocardia brasiliensis. most of the mycetomas can be found in the lower limbs. some of the patients presented quite severe lesions and eight ...	1983	6366400
sensitivity to capreomycin and prothionamide in strains of mycobacterium, nocardia, rhodococcus, and related taxa for taxonomical purposes.	sensitivity to capreomycin and to prothionamide was analysed for 150 strains belonging to the genera mycobacterium, nocardia, rhodococcus, and related taxa. the analyses showed, e.g., that strains of mycobacterium chelonei and nocardia brasiliensis were more resistant to capreomycin than the other strains tested and that m. farcinogenes differed from m. senegalense concerning sensitivity to this drug. the analysis showed, furthermore, that strains of mycobacterium differ from those of nocardia, ...	1983	6196927
failure of sulfonamides and trimethoprim in the treatment of nocardiosis.	an immunocompromised patient with nocardia brasiliensis pneumonia and empyema acquired disseminated disease due to nocardia asteroides and died. the treatment of choice for pulmonary or disseminated nocardiosis is 6 to 12 g/day of sulfisoxazole (or adjusted dosage to achieve a serum level of 100 to 150 mg/l) continued for six to 18 months. combination therapy may be beneficial in selected patients; if trimethoprim therapy is used with sulfonamides, higher than usual doses of trimethoprim may be ...	1983	6337576
purification and partial characterization of a nocardia brasiliensis extracellular protease.	nocardia brasiliensis possess proteolytic activities that can be readily detected in a variety of media. in a modified formulation of a growth medium originally used for streptomyces aureofaciens, n. brasiliensis was found to secrete proteolytic enzymes, one of which was capable of hydrolyzing casein. this enzyme was purified to homogeneity from cell-free culture filtrates of n. brasiliensis. the purification procedure included ion-exchange chromatography on carboxymethyl-sepharose, gel filtrati ...	1984	6363390
preliminary evaluation of a passive hemagglutination assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for actinomycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis.		1984	6368227
the clinical spectrum of nocardia brasiliensis infection in the united states.	seven cases of infection due to nocardia brasiliensis were identified over a 13-year period at duke university medical center, durham, north carolina. these seven cases and a review of 55 cases in the literature reported from the united states show that n. brasiliensis can cause a wide spectrum of disease. forty-six of the 62 patients had disease of skin and soft tissues. cutaneous manifestations included cellulitis, pustules, ulcerations, pyoderma, subcutaneous abscesses, a lymphocutaneous synd ...	1984	6374833
disseminated cutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection.	nocardia brasiliensis is an uncommon pathogen in the united states despite its presence in soil samples. it is most frequently seen in patients who are immunosuppressed, but can occur in the immunocompetent host also. usually in a healthy host the infection is localized to one area of the body. disseminated infection was diagnosed in a healthy child who recovered fully after initiation of oral sulfonamide therapy. we suspect that the source was soil to which the patient was exposed during a fami ...	1984	6504778
nocardia brasiliensis lymphocutaneous syndrome in a patient with lymphosarcoma.		1984	6548715
subcutaneous abscesses caused by nocardia brasiliensis complicated by malignant lymphoma. a survey of cutaneous nocardiosis reported in japan.	a 47-year-old japanese man suffering from t-cell leukemia was examined for multiple subcutaneous abscesses followed to abrasion wound on his right knee. the causative organism was clustered, fine-branched filaments in pus aspirated from the lesions, identified as nocardia brasiliensis. most of the lesions regressed from the combined therapy of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, leaving an ulcer on the patient's left leg. the nocardiosis cases in japan until 1984, including this one, were briefly ...	1985	3877005
septic arthritis due to nocardia brasiliensis.		1985	3910830
lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by nocardia asteroides. case report and literature review.	a 22-year-old man developed erythematous nodules and an ulcer mimicking sporotrichosis on his right hand and forearm, which was subsequently diagnosed as lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by nocardia asteroides. to our knowledge, 21 cases of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis have been reported, with the majority of those cases, except for a few that remain uncertain, being due to nocardia brasiliensis. the case reported herein, the first known definitive case caused by n asteroides (to our knowledge) ...	1986	3532961
nocardia brasiliensis skin infections.	nocardia brasiliensis skin infections were diagnosed in three patients (two with mycetoma and one with lymphocutaneous syndrome) in our hospital during the last 6 years. the mycetomas were detected in otherwise healthy yemenite immigrants who had acquired their infection while in yemen. the patient with the lymphocutaneous syndrome--a man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus--acquired his illness in israel. n. brasiliensis appears to be more common in our region than previously believed. this ...	1986	3744789
primary lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection.	we report a rare case of primary lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection occurring in an elderly diabetic man maintained on long-term therapy with prednisone. the mode of inoculation was that of a puncture wound caused by a contaminated needle that occurred one month prior to the development of the clinically apparent infection. the course of this patient's infection was protracted and required two surgical procedures and several months of antibiotic therapy. a review of 15 previously re ...	1986	3767403
disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection following cryptococcal disease.	nocardiosis is an increasing clinical problem, especially in immunocompromised patients. the offending species is almost always nocardia asteroides. cryptococcosis is also an increasing problem in the immunosuppressed. we describe a patient with probable disseminated cryptococcosis followed by disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection. only eight patients with disseminated n brasiliensis infection have been described, to our knowledge, in the united states.	1986	3767404
mouse toxicity induced by lipids and cell walls isolated from actinomycetes.	the possibility was examined that the toxicity induced in mice by actinomadura madurae, 'streptomyces pelletieri' and nocardia brasiliensis was due to lipid and cell-wall constituents. mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with heat-killed bacteria, lipid extracts and cell-wall preparations emulsified in mineral oil: toxicity was evaluated by recording weight loss and deaths. killed cells and cell-wall preparations of all three actinomycetes produced a pronounced loss of body weight, tissue nec ...	1986	3794660
[high-dosage cotrimoxazole therapy of disseminated nocardia brasiliensis infection].	after a scraping injury to the skin a 47-year-old man developed a generalized nocardia brasiliensis infection with cutaneous, pulmonary and cerebral dissemination. there was no predisposing underlying illness. high-dosage cotrimoxazol and short-term intrathecal and systemic gentamycin administration achieved extensive healing. this form of treatment would thus seem capable of reversing the otherwise poor prognosis of generalized n. brasiliensis infection.	1986	3484699
mycetoma due to nocardia caviae.	mycetoma is the most frequent deep mycosis in mexico and is caused by nocardia brasiliensis in 86% of the cases. two cases of mycetoma due to nocardia caviae, the first in mexico, are reported. the strains were identified by their biochemical properties according to the criteria of gordon and mihm (1962). few cases of mycetoma caused by this actinomycete have been reported in the world. one of our cases was unusual: occurring on the trunk as a tumor and diagnosed by finding the "grains" on histo ...	1987	3494691
beta-lactam resistance in nocardia brasiliensis is mediated by beta-lactamase and reversed in the presence of clavulanic acid.	forty clinical isolates and the type strain of nocardia brasiliensis were screened for susceptibility to 20 beta-lactams. isolates exhibited a single pattern of resistance, with large zones of inhibition by disk diffusion and low mics by broth and agar dilutions only to cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ceftizoxime, augmentin, and timentin. all strains produced beta-lactamase, with five different enzyme patterns by isoelectric focusing. despite the differences in their isoelectric points, the enzymes had ...	1987	3500241
intracerebral nocardia brasiliensis infection.	case report about cerebral infection with the species nocardia brasiliensis in a not immunocompromised host. diagnosis, treatment and neuroradiological findings are shown and compared with current studies.	1987	3506148
[cerebral manifestation of nocardia brasiliensis infection].		1987	3031771
studies on the pathogenesis of actinomycotic mycetoma in animals injected with fractions isolated from nocardia brasiliensis.	in the present study the participation was evaluated of isolated fractions of nocardia brasiliensis in the genesis of the inflammatory response observed in actinomycotic mycetoma. subcutaneous injection in mice of a suspension containing a polysaccharide fraction f1 obtained by treating cell walls with sodium hydroxide induced an inflammatory response at the inoculation site which was characterized by a large influx of polymorphonuclear (pmn) and mononuclear (mn) leucocytes between the 2nd and 4 ...	1987	3814496
detection of metabolites by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with nocardia infection.	serum (sr) and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) from a patient suspected of having tuberculous meningitis were submitted to our laboratory for analysis by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography (fpec glc). the samples were tested for the presence of carboxylic acids, alcohols, hydroxy acids, and amines by methods described previously (c. c. alley, j. b. brooks, and d. s. kellogg, jr., j. clin. microbiol. 9:97-102, 1977; j. b. brooks, c. c. alley, and j. a. liddle, anal. chem. 46:19 ...	1987	3818936
relationships between the physiological characteristics and pathogenicity of nocardia brasiliensis.	the analysis of 19 physiological properties of 28 strains of nocardia brasiliensis isolated from soil reveal differences which could be of great value in distinguishing pathogenic from nonpathogenic strains.	1987	3587331
primary lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection: three case reports and a review of the literature.	the occurrence of human nocardiosis is increasing in both immunocompetent as well as immunosuppressed patients. we report three rare cases of primary lymphocutaneous nocardia brasiliensis infection. the mode of inoculation in each case was that of a puncture wound that occurred 1-3 wk prior to the development of the clinically apparent infections. the original clinical diagnosis was erroneous in each case. a review of 16 previously reported cases is presented as well as a discussion of appropria ...	1988	3066569