title: Nocardia brasiliensis skin infections.
abstract: Nocardia brasiliensis skin infections were diagnosed in three patients (two with mycetoma and one with lymphocutaneous syndrome) in our hospital during the last 6 years. The mycetomas were detected in otherwise healthy Yemenite immigrants who had acquired their infection while in Yemen. The patient with the lymphocutaneous syndrome--a man with well-controlled diabetes mellitus--acquired his illness in Israel. N. brasiliensis appears to be more common in our region than previously believed. This organism should be considered a possible etiologic agent in some cases of chronic unresponsive skin infection.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*