Disseminated Nocardia asteroides with pustules.
A case of disseminated Nocardia asteroides in a renal transplant recipient with cavitary lung lesions and cutaneous pustules is presented. Disseminated nocardiosis is a rare disease that occurs chiefly in the immunocompromised host and usually begins as a pleuropulmonary infection. Disseminated nocardiosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of pustules in immunosuppressed patients.
Shapiro
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PE
Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032.
Grossman
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ME
D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D008911:Minocycline