Nocardia Asteroides
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13. Atividade antimicrobiana “in vitro” de extrato alcóolico de própolis
A própolis é uma resina natural coletada e modificada por abelhas, que tem sido usada como agente quimioterápico desde a antigüidade. A ação antibacteriana desse composto foi avaliada através da inoculação de placas de ágar BHI, contendo 5% de extrato alcóolico de própolis a 50%, com um inóculo bacteriano de 1 x 10(6) células.mL-1. Foram testad
Ciência Rural. Publicado em: 2004-02
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14. Esclerite infecciosa espontânea por Nocardia asteroides: relato de caso
OBJETIVO: Relato de caso raro de esclerite infecciosa por Nocardia asteroides, em paciente sem fatores de risco para esclerite. MÉTODOS: Paciente feminina, de 38 anos, apresentando olho vermelho e dor durante 1 mês, com esclerite nodular no olho direito. Sem história prévia de trauma ou cirurgia ocular. Exames laboratoriais normais, sem doenças sistêmi
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia. Publicado em: 2003
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15. Effects of Activated Macrophages on Nocardia asteroides
The mechanism(s) of host resistance against Nocardia asteroides has not been well defined. Since disease due to N. asteroides frequently occurs in patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity, we studied the interaction of N. asteroides with activated and control mouse peritoneal macrophages. Activated macrophages were from mice infected with Toxoplasma gon
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16. Use of yeast killer system to identify species of the Nocardia asteroides complex.
We evaluated the ability of the yeast killer system to differentiate members belonging to the Nocardia asteroides complex (Nocardia asteroides, Nocardia farcinica, and Nocardia nova). Nocardia strains were selected randomly from clinical isolates. Type strains of each Nocardia species and recognized killer yeasts were taken from different collections. A clea
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17. Monoclonal antibodies to Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis antigens.
Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis whole-cell extracts were used as antigens to generate monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Six stable hybrid cell lines secreting anti-Nocardia spp. MAbs were obtained. These were characterized by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot (immunoblot), and immunofluorescence assay. Although all the MAbs exhibited
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18. Opacification of Middlebrook agar as an aid in distinguishing Nocardia farcinica within the Nocardia asteroides complex.
Among 58 aerobic actinomycetes isolated from different sources and geographical locations, none of 23 Nocardia asteroides isolates, at 18 N. farcinica isolates, 1 of 5 N. otitidiscaviarum isolates, and 1 of 4 Rhodococcus species isolates opacified Middlebrook 7H10 medium. Within the N. asteroides complex, this characteristic, together with growth at 45 degre
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19. In vitro response of rabbit alveolar macrophages to infection with Nocardia asteroides.
The interaction of Nocardia asteroides with cultured "normal" nonimmune rabbit alveolar macrophages was studied by light and electron microscopy. It was shown that the alveolar macrophage response to the more virulent strain (N. asteroides 14759) was quite different from the response to the less virulent organism (N. asteroides 10905). N. asteroides 14759 el
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20. Ribotyping: a tool for taxonomy and identification of the Nocardia asteroides complex species.
Ribotyping has been evaluated as a taxonomic tool for studying bacteria belonging to the Nocardia asteroides complex. The probe used was obtained by PCR from DNA extracted from the type strain Nocardia asteroides ATCC 19247, a sequence that codes partly for 16S rRNA. Interpretation of hybridization after EcoRI restriction of total DNA of 21 strains of the N.
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21. Nocardia asteroides keratitis.
Nocardia asteroides has been reported as the cause of keratitis in only 7 cases and of other ocular disease in another 12 cases. We report a case of N. asteroides keratitis that presented 3 weeks after rural trauma and progressed despite trials of appropriate antibiotics. Seven weeks after the origianl injury a successful conjunctival flap was placed over th
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22. Effect of route on inoculation on host resistance to Nocardia.
Virulent strains of Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia caviae were injected into mice by five different routes. When these organisms were grown to the same stage of growth in the same medium and otherwise prepared identically, it was found that they differed significantly in their ability to infect and kill the host, depending entirely upon the route of inocul
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23. Acid phosphatase stimulation of the growth of Nocardia asteroides and its possible relationship to the modification of lysosomal enzymes in macrophages.
Lysosomal acid phosphatase levels are reduced in murine macrophages by virulent strains of Nocardia asteroides. At the same time, other lysosomal enzymes either remain unchanged or increase in activity, indicating that acid phosphatase is not lost because of degranulation or membrane leakage. This study shows that acid phosphatase was utilized as a sole carb
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24. Urease-negative Nocardia asteroides causing cutaneous nocardiosis.
We report a case of cutaneous nocardiosis, caused by a urease-negative strain of Nocardia asteroides, in a patient who had undergone long-term corticosteroid therapy. The microbiological characteristics of the isolate were typical of N. asteroides except for the failure of the isolate to hydrolyze urea. During the course of routine identification, laboratory