Nocardia brasiliensis causes cutaneous nocardiosis and is treated with TMP-SMX, which blocks nucleotide synthesis by inhibiting dihydropteroate synthase.
Nocardia brasiliensis aiheuttaa ihon nokardioosin ja sitä hoidetaan TMP-SMX:llä, joka estää nukleotidien synteesiä inhiboimalla dihydropteroate-syntaasia.
| Front | What organism causes Cutaneous Nocardiosis? What is the treatment for Cutaneous Nocardiosis? What is the mechanism of action of the drugs? |
|---|---|
| Back | Nocardia brasiliensis Gram (+) Weakly acid-fast bactera Long branching filaments TMP-SMX ↓ Blocks nucleotide synthesis by inhibiting dihydropteroate synthase |
Tags: microbiology
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Disease pulmonary nocardia asteroides treatment nocardiosis infection brain
Previous card: Treat m.tuberculosis isoniazid decreasing synthesis mycolic acid
Up to card list: Microbiology 101 → Step 1 USMLE