Nocardia brasiliensis cellulitis in a heart transplant patient.
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.
Sinnott
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The Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Holt
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Alverez
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Greene
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Sweeney
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