A positive test result from a partial or modified acid-fast stain identifies these types of infections. Nocardia isn’t common, but it’s dangerous. Nocardia infection starts in the lungs ...

nocardia scleritis and endophthalmitis resembles closely with fungal and NTM infections. Even in these cases, microscopic examination of ocular specimen using Gram stain as well as 1% acid-fast ...

Her history of outdoor work and travel would increase her exposure to pathogens such as endemic fungi or nocardia species ... sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli. Acid-fast staining and culture ...

Nocardia species are Gram stain-positive and slightly acid-fast-staining aerobic-type actinomycetes species that may cause disseminated disease among immunosuppressed individuals. Nocardiosis must ...