title: Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: A case report and review of literature.
abstract: Nocardia otitidiscaviarum is a rare clinical isolate of primary cutaneous infections. This report describes a case of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. otitidiscaviarum. Analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene of the isolate and the type strain of N. otitidiscaviarum DSM 43242 showed 100% similarity. The partial gene sequence of 1439 bp was submitted to GenBank. (EU031786). The isolate was susceptible only to amikacin, minocycline, linezolid and resistant to remaining other routine anti-nocardial drugs. The patient was free of nocardiosis after 12 weeks of treatment with amikacin and linezolid. We reviewed four other cases of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. otitidiscaviarum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, BLDE University's Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Praveen R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shahapur
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, BLDE University's Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Peerapur
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, BLDE University's Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Shahapur
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, BLDE University's Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Honnutagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, BLDE University's Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Biradar
keywords: 16S ribosomal RNA genes; linezolid; lymphocutaneous nocardiosis; nocardia otitidiscaviarum