Nocardia brasiliensis
Monoclonal antibodies to Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis antigens
... Nocardia asteroids and Nocardia brasiliensis whole-cell extracts were used as antigens to generate monoclonal antibodies MAbs.. Six stable hybrid cell lines secreting anti-Nocardia spp.[r] ...
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Immunophenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and intracellular detection of IL 2, IFNγ and IL 4 by flow cytometry in patients with actinomycetoma by Nocardia brasiliensis and Actinomadura madurae Findings in six patients
... Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous, progres- sive inflammatory disease; it usually involves the subcutaneous tissue after a traumatic inoculation of the causative organism. Mycetoma may be caused by true fungi or ...
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Monoclonal antibodies to P24 and P61 immunodominant antigens from Nocardia brasiliensis.
... a Nocardia brasiliensis cell extract and purified two immunodominant antigens with molecular weights of 61,000 and ...N. brasiliensis-infected myce- toma ...N. brasiliensis cell extract as the ...
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New Nocardia taxon among isolates of Nocardia brasiliensis associated with invasive disease
... Nocardia brasiliensis, the second most frequently isolated aerobic actinomycete in the clinical laboratory, is usually associated with localized cutaneous ...N. brasiliensis isolates from the United ...
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Decrease of virulence for BALB/c mice produced by continuous subculturing of Nocardia brasiliensis
... N. brasiliensis, we observed a significant decrease in virulence, however since we do not yet have the ...N. brasiliensis genome sequence, we can not determine the genetic changes responsible for the ...
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Nocardia brasiliensis Infection Mimicking Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in a 4-Year-Old Girl
... Because Nocardia is a slow-growing organism, the diagnosis can be delayed while one is waiting for the organisms to appear on ...Indeed, Nocardia should be included among pathogens such as Mycobacteria, ...
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for serological diagnosis of Nocardia brasiliensis and clinical correlation with mycetoma infections
... brasiliensis cell extract; 2 and 3, sera from mycetoma patients; 4, serum from a leprosy patient; 5, serum from a tuberculosis patient; 6, serum from a healthy control... five mycetoma p[r] ...
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Isolation and purification of two immunodominant antigens from Nocardia brasiliensis
... Lanes 1 and 2, molecular mass markers; lane 3, ammonium sulfate precipitate at 50% saturation; lane 4, sample from the second protein peak P2 obtained by gel filtration of the crude extr[r] ...
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Nocardia mexicana sp nov , a New Pathogen Isolated from Human Mycetomas
... Around 60% of the mycetoma cases worldwide are caused by aerobic actinomycetes (39), but the causative agents of my- cetoma vary from region to region. N. brasiliensis, N. asteroides, N. otitidiscaviarum, N. ...
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Nocardia veterana Isolated from Ascitic Fluid of a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
... Although Nocardia as- teroides complex and Nocardia brasiliensis are the species most frequently involved in human infections, numerous new spe- cies recently characterized within the genus ...
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What is Scirrhia?
... Abstract: 7KHDVFRP\FHWRXVJHQXVScirrhia is presently treated as a member of Dothideomycetidae, though uncertainty remains as to which family it belongs in Capnodiales, Ascomycota5HFHQWFROOHFWLRQVRQVWHPVRID fern, Pteridium ...
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Phytochemical and antibacterial efficacy of Hevea brasiliensis
... Plant produces a wide variety of secondary metabolites which are used either directly as precursors or as lead compounds in the pharmaceutical industry. It is expected that plant extracts showing target sites other than ...
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Agronomic Performance of Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg. Clone IRCA 331 Grown in Southwestern Côte d'Ivoire
... In order to test the agronomic performance of the newly developed clones, a Large-Scale Clone Trial (LSCT) comprising Hevea brasiliensis clones GT 1, IRCA 202, IRCA 331, IRCA 707, PB 280 and PB 310 was established ...
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Nocardia veterana, a New Emerging Pathogen
... Discussion. N. veterana is a new species named after the veteran’s hospital (Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia) where the organism was first isolated. On the basis of morphological, physiological, chemotaxonomic, and ...
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Hevea brasiliensis cell suspension peroxidase: purification, characterization and application for dye decolorization
... H. brasiliensis cell suspen- sion was extracted, purified and characterized by deter- mination of some of its biochemical properties and application in the dye ...
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DNA probes for the identification of Nocardia asteroides
... As can be seen on the scale Table 1, an index value of 4+ correlates to the hybridization intensity equivalent to homologous GUH-2 DNA at a 100-ng concentration and a mean area relative [r] ...
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Clinical and laboratory features of Nocardia nova
... asteroides complex submitted for susceptibility testing to the Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory of the University of Texas Health Center between 1983 and 1990 and 53 selected isolates id[r] ...
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Germplasm of Hevea brasiliensis in Nigeria
... There was a total of seventy six clones of H. brasiliensis in the source bush gardens of the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria from seven countries (Tables 1 and 2). The number of collections from Malaysia was ...
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First Case of Actinomycetoma in France Due to a Novel Nocardia Species, Nocardia boironii sp. nov.
... to continue the same antibiotic for 6 months. The first microbiological investigations were in favor of a Nocardia infection, and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging revealed no cerebral localization. After 2 ...
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Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, an Emerging Pathogen in the United States
... strains began to vary by medium. By day 7, individual colonies on BAP were white to pale yellow, chalky, flat to mildly ruffled, and approximately 3 to 8 mm in diameter. Colonies on BCYE agar by day 7 appeared similar ...
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