title: Application of paraffin bait technique to the isolation of Nocardia asteroides from clinical specimens.
abstract: The principal findings of a study for further evaluating paraffin baiting as a routine laboratory diagnostic procedure in the isolation of Nocardia asteroides, the etiological agent of nocardiosis, are reported.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005751:Gastric Lavage; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D010232:Paraffin; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D010232:Paraffin