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Actinomycetes: Characteristics & Pathogenesis by s.zainabtanweer is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses two types of actinomycetes: Actinomyces israelii and Nocardia asteroids. It provides details on their characteristics, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, and methods of laboratory identification. For A. israelii, it describes how it forms sulfur granules that can be seen microscopically and confirms its presence through Gram staining. It grows under anaerobic conditions on blood agar. For N. asteroids, it discusses how it causes lung and disseminated infections in immunocompromised ind
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- s.zainabtanweer
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- EN