170 patients admitted to shariaty hospital pulmonary ward were studied for pulmonary nocardiosis during 17 months (aug 1990-jan 1992). paraffin baiting was used and nocardia asteroides isolated in five cases from sputum, pleural fluid and bronchial washing. the technique used in this study inhibits growth of other organism and yeast and is reliable, simple and cheap for isolation of nocardia fr...

disseminated nocardiosis (dn), is an infrequent and severe infection due to nocardia species and defined as infection in two or more discontinuous organs.  most infections occur in the immunocompromised host or in persons with underlying disease.  dn occurs rarely in children.  in this report, we describe an 11-year-old immune-compromised child with nocardiosis involving the lung, skin, brain a...