1) Gram-positive bacterium
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Nocardia is a genus of weakly staining Gram-positive, catalase-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. It forms partially acid-fast beaded branching filaments (acting as fungi, but being truly bacteria). It has a total of 85 species. Some species are non-pathogenic while others are responsible for nocardiosis. Nocardia are found worldwide in soil that is r...
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<bacteria> Genus of gram-positive bacteria that form a mycelium that may fragment into rod or coccoid shaped cells. They are very common saprophytes in soil but some are opportunistic pathogens of humans, causing nocardiosis. ... This is characterised by abscesses, particularly of the jaw, which if untreated may invade the surrounding bone. Ã...
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(no-kahr´de-ә) a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, spore-forming bacteria, including N. asteroi´des, a species of opportunistic pathogens that cause nocardiosis and actinomycotic mycetoma.
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pneumonia the pneumonia seen with severe pulmonary nocardiosis.
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Genus of Gram positive bacteria that form a mycelium that may fragment into rod- or coccoid-shaped cells. They are very common saprophytes in soil but some are opportunistic pathogens of humans, causing nocardiosis. This is characterized by abscesses, particularly of the jaw, which if untreated may invade the surrounding bone.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: nō-kar′dē-ă, nō-kar′dē-ē Definitions: 1. A vernacular term used to refer to any member of the genus Nocardia.
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Nocardia is a bacteria found in soil which causes nocardiosis.
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any of several filamentous or rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other animals.
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