Unusually located lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis.
We report a patient with primary lymphocutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection affecting the face and left arm. The mode of infection was via skin abrasions which occurred 2 weeks prior to the development of the skin lesions. Treatment with intravenous minocycline for 4 weeks resulted in a cure. We also review 12 previously reported Japanese cases of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis.
Naka
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Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Miyakawa
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Niizeki
H
H
Fukuda
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T
Mikami
Y
Y
Nishikawa
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T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology