title: Nocardia brasiliensis cellulitis in a heart transplant patient.
abstract: Three months after undergoing heart transplantation, a 55-year-old man presented with N. brasiliensis cellulitis resulting from a splinter wound acquired during yard work. Surgical débridement was necessary before the infection responded to medical treatment. Although pulmonary nocardiosis is a well-documented complication of immunosuppressive therapy, this is the 1st report of a nocardial infection associated with primary skin involvement in a heart transplant patient.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sinnott
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alverez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sweeney