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Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis
Sofia Maraki1, Efstathia Scoulica, Kalliopi Alpantaki
1Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. sv9sk@danae.med.uoc.gr
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|September 12, 2003
Abstract:
Nocardia species are Gram-positive bacteria responsible for systemic or cutaneous infections in humans. Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common infective agent in the cutaneous form of nocardiosis. We describe a case of a previously healthy man, who presented with lymphocutaneous Nocardia brasiliensis infection, and was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The identification of the isolate was confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene.