Primary cutaneous Nocardia asteroides infection with dissemination.
In a 77 year old previously healthy man with mild adult-onset diabetes mellitus, a primary cutaneous Nocardia asteroides infection developed on the hand following inoculation of a traumatic injury. Initially untreated, the infection became locally invasive and resulted in dissemination to the lungs and normal skin. This represents the first known reported case of a N. asteroides actinomycetoma associated with dissemination.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D011859:Radiography; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*