Most common form of Nocardial respiratory tract infection is ?
Correct Answer: Pneumonia
Description: Ans. is 'd' i.e.,Pneumonia Nocardia are 'gram positive' `acid fast' filaments. Nocardia are strict aerobes and paially urease and catalase positive. Since nocardiae are among the few aerobic microorganism that use paraffin as a carbon source, paraffin baiting can be used to isolate the organism from mixed culture.
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