title: Nocardiosis in South Texas children.
abstract: Primary cutaneous nocardiosis can present as cellulitis or abscess with or without lymphadenitis. In South Texas children with suspected Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes skin and soft tissue infections who do not improve as expected with appropriate antibiotics, physicians should consider Nocardia brasiliensis in the differential diagnosis, especially if there are multiple lesions in a lymphocutaneous distribution.
authors.affiliation: Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, USA. fergiej@driscollchildrens.org
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fergie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Purcell
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents