A case of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis with a review of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis reported in Japan.
An 82-year-old Japanese male developed nodules and ulcers along the lymphatics after a fall in the garden of his house resulting in injuries to the dorsum of his left hand which lasted for 3 months. Nocardia brasiliensis was isolated from a nodule, supporting a diagnosis of the lymphocutaneous type of nocardiosis. He had previously developed generalized bone metastasis from prostatic cancer, and his resulting depressed immunity might have played a part in the nocardiosis genesis. Sixteen cases of the lymphocutaneous type of nocardiosis reported in Japan were reviewed.
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Department of Dermatology, Kumamoto Rosai Hospital, Yatsushiro, Japan.
Shimomura
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Kudo
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Arao
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Sato
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Ono
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D017678:Sex Distribution; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy