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  3. Nocardia brasiliensis: from microbe to human and experimental infections

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.
M C Salinas-Carmona 1
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  • 1 Departmento de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico.
PMID: 11018454 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.

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