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Had there been any outbreaks if nocardiosis or has nocardiosis played a significant role in history?
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Not epidemic: Nocardia is fairly common in the environment. It's most famous as a cause of hard-to-treat, very severe tropical foot infections. The more-deadly lung infections that nocardia can cause are more sporadic -- often there's no telling why someone becomes ill from this curious bacterium.
Answered 5/2/2015
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