Primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum.
A case of primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a 69-year-old previously healthy woman is described. The organism was identified in cultures of pus specimens. The patient was treated with a six-month course of oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole chemotherapy following incision and drainage, and the infection completely resolved.
Wada
Akifusa
A
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan. wada.a@fukuoka-child.jp
Matsuda
Shuichi
S
Kubota
Hideaki
H
Miura
Hiromasa
H
Iwamoto
Yukihide
Y
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination