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Primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum
Akifusa Wada1, Shuichi Matsuda, Hideaki Kubota
1Department 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
Abstract:
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.