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Review
. 2019 Sep;32(5):e13001.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13001. Epub 2019 Jul 10.

A case report and review of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis reported in China

Yun-Zhu Mu  1 , Ying- Liu  1 , Yu-Juan Wang  1 , Zheng-Zhong Zhang  1
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A case report and review of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis reported in China

Yun-Zhu Mu et al. Dermatol Ther. 2019 Sep.

Abstract

Primary cutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis is an uncommon disease. The present authors report a Chinese woman presented with lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. brasiliensis. The lesion begin with her right hand after an unknown insect sting and evolved rapidly and formed painful erythema and two subcutaneous nodules and abscesses on her right forearm in 5 days. N. brasiliensis was isolated from pustule and identified by gene sequencing. The patient received 2 weeks of combination therapy contained infusion of amoxilin potassioum clavinet and oral TMP/SMX and followed by a single therapy of oral TMP/SMX for 1 month and got a marked improvement. The present authors reviewed a case of lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. brasiliensis reported in China.

Keywords: Nocardia brasiliensis; insect bite; lymphocutaneous type; primary cutaneous nocardiosis; treatment.

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