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Nocardia culture |
| Test |
Nocardia culture |
| Indication |
Establish the diagnosis of nocardiosis or mycetoma, identify its pathogenic agent.
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| Physiology |
Nocardia sp are aerobic, gram positive bacteria which are filamentous, relatively slow growing and variably acid fast. Human infection is seen most frequently in patients whose immune systems are suppressed by HIV infection, lymphoreticular malignancy, or chemotherapy.
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| Normal Range |
No nocardia sp isolated
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| Sample |
pus, tissue, cerebrospinal fluid or other body fluid, aspirate, sputum.
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| Test Method |
Aerobic culture on blood agar and Lowenstein Jensen media with no antibiotics.Infections may be acute, subacute, or chronic and they may be disseminated or localized to cutaneous sites or the respiratory tract.
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| Related Tests |
Acid fast stain, Actinomyces culture, Sputum culture.
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