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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Etymologia

Etymologia: Nocardia

Christoffel J. OppermanComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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Twisted hair bacteria (Nocardia spp.) described by Edmond Nocard, from a bronchial alveolar lavage sample. Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection, commonly associated with pulmonary disease. Nocardia are partially acid-fast, filamentous, branching bacilli (modified Kinyoun acid-fast stain using weak acid [0.5% sulfuric acid] for decolorization and methylene blue counterstain, original magnification x1,000.) Photograph courtesy of the author.

Figure. Twisted hair bacteria (Nocardia spp.) described by Edmond Nocard, from a bronchial alveolar lavage sample. Nocardiosis is an opportunistic infection, commonly associated with pulmonary disease. Nocardia are partially acid-fast, filamentous, branching bacilli (modified Kinyoun acid-fast stain using weak acid [0.5% sulfuric acid] for decolorization and methylene blue counterstain, original magnification x1,000.) Photograph courtesy of the author.

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