Nocardia brasiliensis: from microbe to human and experimental infections

Microbes Infect. 2000 Sep;2(11):1373-81. doi: 10.1016/s1286-4579(00)01291-0.

Abstract

Nocardia brasiliensis is a Gram-positive bacterium that lives as a saprophyte in soil. In this article the physical properties, chemical composition and taxonomic position of this species is reviewed. Human infections and an experimental model of actinomycetoma in BALB/c mice as well as the host-immune response is described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mycetoma* / immunology
  • Mycetoma* / microbiology
  • Mycetoma* / pathology
  • Nocardia Infections* / immunology
  • Nocardia Infections* / microbiology
  • Nocardia* / chemistry
  • Nocardia* / classification
  • Nocardia* / cytology
  • Nocardia* / pathogenicity