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Nocardia asteroides Pulmonary Infection: A Case Report

Presentation is made of a 53-year-old woman with pulmonary infection caused by Nocardia asteroides. Tracheal aspirate was obtained and examined microbiologically. Direct smear of tracheal aspirate stained with Gram revealed gram-positive branched filamentous hyphae and numerous leukocytes. Pure culture of colonies of a chalky white apperance grew on the blood agar after prolonged incubation. The microorganism was identified as Nocardia asteroides by standard methods.

Nocardia infections-diagnosis; Pneumonia; bacterial-diagnosis

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