OPACIFICATION OF MIDDLEBROOK AGAR AS AN AID IN DISTINGUISHING NOCARDIA-FARCINICA WITHIN THE NOCARDIA-ASTEROIDES COMPLEX

Authors
CARSON M HELLYAR A
Citation
M. Carson et A. Hellyar, OPACIFICATION OF MIDDLEBROOK AGAR AS AN AID IN DISTINGUISHING NOCARDIA-FARCINICA WITHIN THE NOCARDIA-ASTEROIDES COMPLEX, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(9), 1994, pp. 2270-2271
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2270 - 2271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:9<2270:OOMAAA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Among 58 aerobic actinomycetes isolated from different sources and geo graphical locations, none of 23 Nocardia asteroides isolates, all 18 N . farcinica isolates, 1 of 5 N. otitidiscaviarum isolates, and 1 of 4 Rhodococcus species isolates opacified Middlebrook 7H10 medium. Within the N. asteroides complex, this characteristic, together with growth at 45 degrees C and resistance to each of erythromycin, cefotaxime, an d tobramycin, provides a simple means of distinguishing N. farcinica f rom N. asteroides.