Nocardia asteroides

Species associated with brain abscess and with pulmonary tuberculosis-like disease. Fine mycelium, acid-fast, pigmentation yellow to red according to medium; easy of cultivation. First described by Eppinger in 1891.


A species pathogenic for humans in which abscesses called mycetomas arise in the skin. The invasion site may be the lungs or skin.


 


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