title: Primary cutaneous nocardiosis with epidural abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis: a case report.
abstract: Dissemination of primary cutaneous nocardiosis is a rare event. An interesting case of a 20 year old female labourer with progressive weakness in both the lower limbs and large multiple subcutaneous abscesses over the back, since 4 years, is presented. MRI showed an epidural abscess compressing the cord. Histopathology of skin lesions suggested a chronic suppurative lesion. Microbiological tests on the aspirate from the skin lesion identified the causative organism as Nocardia brasiliensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, 500082, India. lgorthi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.forename: J M K
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology