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As well as being gram positive, this organism is also weakly acid fast and causes a pneumonia predominantly in immunocompromised patients.
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Nocardia Asteroides
Similar to Mycobacteria TB |
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This aerobic bacteria with filamentous growth is a common soil organism.
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Nocardia Asteroides
Tx: TMP-SMX |
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Diagnosis is by finding sulfur granules = tangles of filaments of organisms wrapped in a matrix of calcium phosphate, imparting a yellow color to the abscess and discharge.
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Actinomycetes Israelii
Tx: penicillin G and surgical drainage. |
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A normal inhabitant of the oral cavity, infection can be associated with dental procedures, with formation of lesions that erupt through he face with a purulent discharge.
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Actinomycetes Israelii
Tx: penicillin G and surgical drainage. |
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Grow in the form of mycelia and are water and soil saphrophytes.
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Actinomycetes Israelii
Nocardia Asteroides |
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One forms sulfur granules and one is acid fast.
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Actinomycetes Israelii
Nocardia Asteroides |
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Tx for Actinomycetes Israelii &
Nocardia Asteroides |
SNAP
Sulfa (TMP-SMX)for Nocardia Actinomyces give Penicillin |
