Primary pulmonary nocardiosis: case report

Effect of irrigation with municipal water or sewage effluent on the biology of soil cores

“…It should, however, be pointed out that strains of Nocardia, as well as living saprophytically in soil (Orchard et at. 1977), are also opportunistic pathogens of man and animals (Berd 1973;Causey 1974;Hamal 1974;Presant et at. 1973), and little is understood of their virulence and pathogenicity.…”

Differential binding of Nocardia asteroides in the murine lung and brain suggests multiple ligands on the nocardial surface

“…Nocardia asteroides can cause a destructive invasion of the lungs, leading to a fulminant, necrotizing pneumonia (10); acute, regional pneumonitis with diffuse pulmonary parenchymal disease resulting in adult respiratory distress syndrome (12); multiple expanding abscesses and chronic pleuropulmonary disease (8); chronic pneumonia; empyema; bronchiolitis obliterans (9); lobar infiltration and cavitation; and extensive tissue invasion (1,(8)(9)(10)12). Often, the invading nocardiae erode through blood vessels and disseminate to other body sites (1).…”