title: Nocardia brasiliensis: from microbe to human and experimental infections.
abstract: Nocardia brasiliensis is a Gram-positive bacterium that lives as a saprophyte in soil. In this article the physical properties, chemical composition and taxonomic position of this species is reviewed. Human infections and an experimental model of actinomycetoma in BALB/c mice as well as the host-immune response is described.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina y Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salinas-Carmona
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009615:Nocardia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology