TABLE 3.
Individual source or specimen type of 470 Nocardia isolates recovered within the Phoenix, Ariz., area between 1998 and 2002
| Isolate (no.) | No. of isolates by source or specimen typea
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resp | Blood | CNS | Body fluid | Wound | Ocular | Unkn | |
| N. asteroides complex (319) | 257 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 24 |
| N. brasiliensis (44) | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | ||
| N. farcinica (34) | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| N. otitisdiscaviarum (6) | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Nocardia species (67) | 45 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Total | 331 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 70 | 4 | 37 |
a
Resp, respiratory tract, includes sputum and sinus (n = 3); CNS, central nervous system, includes cerebrospinal fluid specimens (n = 5) and brain biopsy specimens (n = 2); Body fluid, includes peritoneal (n = 5) and synovial (n = 3) fluids; Wound, includes soft tissue, lymph node and surgical wound; Unkn, unknown, includes unknown sources for isolates submitted from outside laboratories for susceptibility testing alone.