title: Primary cutaneous nocardiosis due to Nocardia nova in a healthy woman.
abstract: We describe a 68-year-old healthy woman with an unusual skin manifestation of mycetoma. A dark reddish erythematous plaque was present on the dorsum of the left hand for over 10 years. A skin biopsy revealed sulphur granules in the abscess, and Nocardia nova was identified from the specimen. Treatment with dapsone resulted in significant improvement. We review the clinical features of cutaneous N. nova infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan. ashimizu@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology