TABLE 2.

Isolates of Nocardia spp. recovered from individual patients in the Phoenix cosmopolitan area between 1998 and 2002

Isolate	No. of isolates by yr
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Total
N. asteroides complex	42	67	68	65	65	307
N. brasiliensis	8	5	4	5	18	40
N. farcinica	2	8	6	13	5	34
N. otitisdiscaviarum	1	1	1	1	2	6
N. transvalensis					1	1
Nocardia species	11	13	21	10	12	67
Total	64	94	100	94	103	455