Publications

brain abscess due to nocardia caviae. report of a fatal outcome associated with abnormal phagocyte function.	nocardia is an uncommon cause of human disease. we report a patient with a fatal brain abscess who had abnormal phagocyte function as measured by neutrophile chemotaxis, adherence, phagocytic function, and chemiluminescence in vitro and by rebuck skin window in vivo. antimicrobial agar dilution susceptibility suggested minocycline was more active than sulfamethoxazole.	1982	7102599
recovery of microorganisms from synovial and pleural fluids of animals using hyperosmolar media.	l-phase (cwd) broth and plate media were used in parallel with conventional microbiological media during a 3-year period for culturing synovial and pleural fluids of animals. two kinds of recoveries were obtained where parallel conventional methods were negative: (1) parent or normal bacteria, in very low numbers; and (2) type b cwd variants in equally low numbers. organisms in group 1 were: streptococcus zooepidemicus from horses (2x); beta-hemolytic streptococci, lancefield gp. g (2x); staphyl ...	1982	7101719
structure of 2',3'-di-o-acyl-alpha-d-glucopyranosyl-(1 leads to 2)-d-glyceric acid, a new glycolipid from nocardia caviae.	the structure of a new glycolipid isolated from the acetone-soluble lipids of the strain of nocardia caviae has been determined. the water-soluble moiety contains one mole of d-glucose and one mole of d(-)-glyceric acid; the lipid moiety is a mixture of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with small amounts of oleic acid. the structure of the deacylated compound was determined by periodate oxidation, methylation and enzymatic degradation. the localization of fatty acid residues at 2',3' on gluc ...	1981	7285927
role of l-forms of nocardia caviae in the development of chronic mycetomas in normal and immunodeficient murine models.	single-cell suspensions of nocardia caviae 112 were injected into normal, athymic, and asplenic mice by several different routes. the 50% lethal dose values, kill curve characteristics, histological and electron microscopic properties, organ clearance patterns, and induction of l-forms during the acute and chronic phase of disease were determined in groups of mice for up to 2 years after infection. from these data we concluded the following. (i) athymic and asplenic animals were significantly mo ...	1981	7287189
induction of l-phase variants of nocardia caviae within intact murine lungs.	the data presented show that cells of nocardia caviae 112 were converted to cell wall-deficient microbial variants within the intact murine lung after intranasal administration. at the time that these l-phase variants were recovered in large numbers from the lung, there was a correspondingly enhanced inflammation leading to alveolar consolidation and animal death. during the peak of this response (at 1 week after infection), normal nocardial cells were neither isolated from nor seen within the l ...	1980	7399704
mycetoma due to nocardia caviae. the first israeli patient.		1980	7390691
effect of route on inoculation on host resistance to nocardia.	virulent strains of nocardia asteroides and nocardia caviae were injected into mice by five different routes. when these organisms were grown to the same stage of growth in the same medium and otherwise prepared identically, it was found that they differed significantly in their ability to infect and kill the host, depending entirely upon the route of inoculation. thus, n. caviae 112 was 30 times more virulent than n. asteroides guh-2 when administered intranasally, whereas n. asteroides was at ...	1980	6991437
comparative studies of antigen 21 in mycobacterium and nocardia species: possible taxonomic relationships with mycobacterium leprae.	studies of mycobacterium leprae, mycobacterium tuberculosis and nocardia caviae in comparison with each other and with other mycobacterium and nocardia species were performed on the basis of antigen 21 intramolecular heterogeneity. three different antisera were used: rabbit anti-mycobacterium smegmatis antiserum, rabbit anti-nocardia asteroides antiserum, and a lepromatous serum pool. with reference to each of the three antiserum sources used the strains were ranked in an order of relatedness or ...	1980	7002798
detection of antigen in nocardia caviae cross-reacting with mycobacterial antigen no. 21 in m. leprae using a lepromatous leprosy serum pool as antibody reagent.	eighteen strains of nocardia, representing five different species, were studied in crossed immunoelectrophoresis against a lepromatous leprosy serum pool for the presence of antigen no. 21. this mycobacterial antigen shows antigenic heterogeneity with species specific antigenic determinants defined in mycobacterium leprae. all four strains of n. caviae were found to share antigen no. 21 determinants with mucobacteria. all other strains of nocardia were negative in these direct immunoprecipitatio ...	1980	7002810
numerical classification of some named strains of nocardia asteroides and related isolates from soil.	one hundred and forty-nine strains of nocardiae, freshly isolated from soil samples obtained from a number of countries with either tropical or temperate climates, and from rubber pipe seals, were compared with appropriate marker cultures in a numerical phenetic study using 156 unit characters. marker strains were chosen to represent the nocardia asteroides complex, other nocardia species and related taxa in an effort both to classify the new soil isolates and, possibly, clarify the structure of ...	1980	7003057
disseminated nocardia caviae with positive blood cultures.	disseminated nocardia caviae infection with multiple positive blood cultures occurred in a bone marrow transplant recipient. positive blood cultures are unusual in disseminated nocardia infections and n caviea is an unusual species of nocardia to cause infections in man, although its virulence in laboratory animals is similar to n asteroides. multiple positive blood cultures in this case suggest a continuous or recurrent bacteremia rather than a transient bacteremia as previously has been though ...	1978	352297
disseminated nocardia caviae infection.	disseminated nocardia caviae infection occurs only rarely. to date, two cases have been recorded in the literature. we describe a third case of systemic n. caviae infection in a compromised host and compare it with the first two cases. postmortem, microbiologic and antibiotic sensitivity data are included.	1977	320868
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
[characterisation of d(-)glyceric acid from nocardia caviae (author's transl)].	a glycolipid was found in a strain of nocardia caviae. it consists of glucose, myristic, palmitic and stearic acids and a polyhydroxylated acid. the structure of this hydroxyacid was demonstrated by the identification of the product glycerol after lia1h4 reduction of the glycolipid methyl ester and subsequent hydrolysis, by comparison of the infrared spectra of the hydroxyacid and glyceric acid, by gas chromatography of acetylated methyl and ethyl esters of the polyhydroxylated acid and of stand ...	1976	952993
mycetoma of the knee due to nocardia caviae.	mycetoma of the knee, caused by nocardia caviae and idangosed by culture and histopathology, occurred in a 20 year old farmer from a rural area of varanasi district in uttar pradesh, india. the isolate was pathogenic to mice and it showed close agreement with the standard description of the species. it is suggested that infection due to this species has a higher prevalence than is currently recognized.	1975	1162539
localized nocardiosis due to nocardia caviae in a baboon (papio cynocephalus).	nocardia caviae was identified as the causative agent of draining, multinodular swelling of the hand of a 16-yr-old female baboon (papio cynocephalus). the baboon's general physical condition was poor and menstrual cycles had ceased. the baboon improved after systemic and topical antibiotic therapy, but the lesion recurred after antibiotic treatment was discontinued. since excision of the mass, the baboon's physical condition has improved to the extent that regular menstrual cycles have resumed ...	1975	1121169
systemic nocardia caviae infection.		1974	4813848
nocardia caviae: a report of 13 new isolations with clinical correlation.	thirteen isolates of nocardia caviae from 12 different clinical sources were received and identified over a 5(1/2)-year period by the mycology division of the center for disease control. the results of morphological, biochemical, and physiological studies on these isolates were compared with those obtained with four reference cultures of n. caviae received from the institute of microbiology, rutgers university. comparison showed that n. caviae isolates form a homogeneous group that is usually ea ...	1974	4604822
actinomycetoma pedis caused by nocardia caviae in india.		1972	4553712
nocardia caviae and nocardia asteroides: comparative bacteriological and mouse pathogenicity studies.		1971	5090889
pathogenicity of nocardia caviae, n. asteroies and n. brasiliensis.		1970	5455791
a rapidly fatal infection caused by nocardia caviae in a dog.		1968	5690076
[study on 20 strains of nocardia asteroides and nocardia caviae of different sources].		1968	5724277
canine nocardiosis due to nocardia caviae.		1968	5754802
isolation of nocardia caviae from soil and its pathogenicity for laboratory animals.		1965	16562088
[note on a mycetoma due to nocardia caviae seen in japan].		1965	5898569