Actinomycetes: Difference between revisions

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Background

A genetically unrelated group of Gram-positive bacilli
Filamentous soil bacteria
More commonly seen in fungal cultures
Typically not acid-fast

Organisms

Genus	Infections
Partially acid-fast (cell wall contains mycolic acid)
Nocardia	mycetoma, lymphocutaneous infections, skin abscesses; in immunocompromised hosts, invasive pulmonary and disseminated infections
Rhodococcus	pulmonary infections, bacteremia, skin and wound infections, UTIs, endophthalmitis, peritonitis, CLABSI, abscess in prostate, spleen, thyroid, kidney, or brain, osteomyelitis; associated with horses
Gordonia	skin infections, chronic pulmonary disease, CLABSI, wound infections, bacteremia
Tsukamurella	peritonitis, CLABSI, skin infection
Not partially acid-fast (cell wall does not contain mycolic acid)
Streptomyces	commonly contaminant; inoculation skin infection including mycetoma
Actinomadura	inoculation skin infection including mycetoma
Dermatophilus	inoculation skin infection from insects or thorns
Nodardiopsis
Oerskovia
Miscellaneous
Mycobacterium
Corynebacterium

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 == Organisms ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-* Partially acid-fast (cell wall contains mycolic acid)
+! Genus
-** [[Nocardia species]]
+! Infections
-** [[Rhodococcus species]]: red colonies, associated with horses
+|-
-** [[Gordonia species]]
+! colspan=2 | Partially acid-fast (cell wall contains mycolic acid)
-** [[Tsukamurella species]]
+|-
-** [[Corynebacterium species]]
+| [[Nocardia]]
-* Not partially acid-fast (cell wall does not contain mycolic acid)
+| [[mycetoma]], lymphocutaneous infections, skin abscesses; in immunocompromised hosts, invasive pulmonary and disseminated infections
-** [[Streptomyces species]]: common contaminant
+|-
-** [[Actinomadura species]]
+| [[Rhodococcus]]
-** [[Dermatophilus species]]
+| pulmonary infections, bacteremia, skin and wound infections, UTIs, endophthalmitis, peritonitis, [[CLABSI]], [[abscess]] in prostate, spleen, thyroid, kidney, or brain, osteomyelitis; associated with horses
-** [[Nodardiopsis species]]
+|-
-** [[Oerskovia species]]
+| [[Gordonia]]
+| skin infections, chronic pulmonary disease, [[CLABSI]], wound infections, bacteremia
+|-
+| [[Tsukamurella]]
+| peritonitis, [[CLABSI]], skin infection
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Not partially acid-fast (cell wall does not contain mycolic acid)
+|-
+| [[Streptomyces]]
+| commonly contaminant; inoculation skin infection including [[mycetoma]]
+|-
+| [[Actinomadura]]
+| inoculation skin infection including [[mycetoma]]
+|-
+| [[Dermatophilus]]
+| inoculation skin infection from insects or thorns
+|-
+| [[Nodardiopsis]]
+|
+|-
+| [[Oerskovia]]
+|
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Miscellaneous
+|-
+| [[Mycobacterium]]
+|
+|-
+| [[Corynebacterium]]
+|
+|}
 [[Category:Gram-positive bacilli]]