Sketchy Microbiology: Nocardia

No Card Game for Old Men — Nocardia

Tree in the window — Gram Positive Filamentous Rod

Air Bellow — Obligate Aerobe

Blue Cat — Catalase Positive

Those with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) are at an increased risk from Catalase Pos bacterium

Ammonia Bottle — Urease Positive

Cowboys shawl with chaps — Mycolic Acids stain light acid fast

Pink Gun — Partially Acid Fast, Carbofusion stain that stains mycolic acids

Cactus pot with soil — Nocardia is found in soil

Sherif’s Cane — Immunocompromised are vulnerable to Nocardia

Hint: Gender

Men’s Bar — infection more common in men than women

Hole through the hat — Causes Brain Abscess

Coughing and bullet hitting his chest — “Pneumonia like” symptoms. Cavitating lung

Cowprint w/ redness — Cutaneous Symptoms: indurated lesions and inflammatory reaction

Eggs on the counter — Treat with Sulfonamides