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Review
. 2003 Oct;41(10):4497-501.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4497-4501.2003.

Nocardiosis: review of clinical and laboratory experience

Michael A Saubolle  1 , Den Sussland
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Review

Nocardiosis: review of clinical and laboratory experience

Michael A Saubolle et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct.
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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Sporotrichoid lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by traumatic implantation of N. brasiliensis in the middle finger.
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Gram-positive beaded branching filaments of N. asteroides in a smear of sputum. Magnification, ×1,000.
FIG. 3.
FIG. 3.
N. asteroides filaments in a direct smear of sputum stained by the modified Kinyoun acid-fast method. Magnification, ×1,000.
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