1 Teething generally occurs between 6 to 24 months of age.  Symptoms of teething include irritability, tender and swollen gums, and the infant wanting to place objects or fingers into the mouth in an attempt to reduce discomfort. Fever, cough, diarrhea, and cold symptoms are not found when a child is teething.
Nocardia infection, also known as nocardiosis, is a rare condition caused by the bacterium Nocardia asteroides. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several different types of this condition can occur.
Mycobacterium species cause tuberculosis, leprosy and atypical mycobacterial infections including Buruli ulcer; Leptospira, cause of leptospirosis, which may cause bleeding into the skin (purpura) Nocardia, cause of nocardiosis; Yersinia pestis, cause of bubonic plague, which causes swollen lymph glands and pustules, ulcers and scabs on the skin Serratia marcescens, a facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacillus that may rarely cause skin infections such as cellulitis, abscesses and ulcers; usually in patients with immunodeficiency.