title: Isolation of Nocardia asteroides from respiratory specimens by using selective buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar.
abstract: Nocardiosis is difficult to diagnose clinically and by laboratory methods. A patient presented with disease compatible with pulmonary malignancy, but Nocardia asteroides was isolated on buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar. Investigation revealed that this medium may be a suitable selective primary isolation medium for Nocardia species from respiratory specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Colby
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D002606:Charcoal; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D003470:Culture Media; D002606:Charcoal