title: Primary subcutaneous Nocardia asteroides infection in a renal allograft recipient.
abstract: Nocardia asteroides is an important opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. The primary infection is usually in the lungs and is followed by dissemination to other parts of the body. Primary subcutaneous infection with Nocardia asteroides has been reported rarely (three reports) and no such case has been reported in a renal transplant recipient. We describe here a case of renal transplant recipient who developed primary subcutaneous infection with Nocardia asteroides within one and half years of the transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Mircobiology and Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-266 014, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayyagari
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Nag
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous