Pulmonary Nocardiosis due to Nocardia asiatica in an Immunocompetent Host

Sakina Okawa; Kazunari Sonobe; Yuzo Nakamura; Takahito Nei; Koichiro Kamio; Akihiko Gemma

doi:10.1272/jnms.82.159

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Pulmonary Nocardiosis due to Nocardia asiatica in an Immunocompetent Host

Sakina Okawa, Kazunari Sonobe, Yuzo Nakamura, Takahito Nei, Koichiro Kamio, Akihiko Gemma

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Keywords: pulmonary nocardiosis, Nocardia asiatica, immunoconpetent host, WYOα agar

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2015 Volume 82 Issue 3 Pages 159-162

DOI https://doi.org/10.1272/jnms.82.159

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Abstract

We describe a case of pulmonary nocardiosis due to Nocardia asiatica in an immunocompent 64-year-old-female. Wadowsky-Yee-Okuda-α-ketoglutarate (WYOα) agar, a selective media for Legionella species, was useful for the detection based on the growth-inhibition of normal oral flora and growth-promotion of Nocardia species.

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