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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Historical Perspective

• Nocardia was first discovered by Edmund Nocard, a French veterinarian, in 1889.
• Prior to its pathogenesis in humans, Nocardia was first described in pigs.