NOCARDIA BUCCALIS 



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Nocardia buccalis H. Roger, Bory, and Sartory, 1909. 



Synonyms,— Oosp or a buccalis H. Roger, Bory, and Sartory, 1909; 

 Discomyces buccalis Brumpt, 1910. 



Thin mycelial filaments (07 to o -8 /^). Some ramified mycelial 

 threads are very fragile, becoming fragmented into strings of 

 bacillary-like or coccus-like bodies. Can be cultivated. 



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Fig. 552. — Nocardia pulmonalis Fig. 553. — Nocardia buccalis 



H. Roger, Bory, and Sartory. Roger, Bory, and Sartory. 



(After Roger and Sartory.) 



Pathogenicity. — -May give rise to a form of stomatitis somewhat 

 resembling thrush. It has been found also in tonsillar abscesses. 



Nocardia lasserrei Verdun, 1912. 

 Synonym. — Nocardia sp. (?) Lassere, 1904. 



Found by Lasserre in 1904 in an ulcerative lesion situated on 

 the pharynx and upper lip. Mycelial filaments very thin (0-5 to 

 0*75 fragile, club-like formations present. Can be cultivated. 

 Pathogenic to rabbits and guinea-pigs, but only by intracerebral 



mjection. Nocardia lingualis Gueguen, 1908. 



Synonyms. — Odspora lingualis Gueguen, 1908 ; Discomyces lingualis 

 (Brumpt, 1910). 



In the parasitic stage the fungus appears in the shape of bacillary 

 bodies, less than 0-3 in diameter. In cultures it shows a mycelial 

 type with very thin filaments. It is probably non-pathogenic; it 

 has been found in cases of lingua nigra in association with Crypto- 

 coccus lingua piloses. 



Nocardia rivierei Verdun, 1912. 



Isolated by Riviere (1895) in a case of multiple abscesses. Is 

 cultivable on ordinary media. 



Nocardia appendicis Chalmers and Christopherson, 1916. 



Synonyms. — -Streptothrix hominis Foulerton, 1906; Odspora 

 hoMinis Ridet, 1911. 



Discovered by Foulerton in a case of multiple abscesses; was 

 present also in the expectoration of the same patient. Foulerton 

 has found similar fungi (A^. hominis III.) in cases of appendicitis. 



Nocardia minutissima Burchardt, li 



Synonyms. — Micros/) owm minutissintum Burchardt, i( 

 M. gracile Balzer, 1883; Sporotrichum minutissimum Saccardo, 



