Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in an immunocompetent elderly woman

Int J Dermatol. 2016 Jan;55(1):e45-7. doi: 10.1111/ijd.12988. Epub 2015 Oct 16.

Authors

Sivan Sheffer¹, Rony Shreberk-Hassidim¹, Karen Olshtain², Alexander Maly³, Abraham Zlotogorski¹, Yuval Ramot⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Jerusalem, Israel. yramot@gmail.com.

PMID: 26475056
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12988

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Biopsy, Needle
Drug Combinations
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hand Dermatoses / diagnosis
Hand Dermatoses / etiology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nocardia / drug effects
Nocardia / isolation & purification*
Nocardia Infections / diagnosis
Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
Nocardia Infections / pathology*
Rare Diseases
Severity of Illness Index
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Drug Combinations