Abstract |
We present a patient who was hospitalized due to a purulent skin lesion with a surrounding erythematous area in the region of the right paranasal crease accompanied by a swelling of the right eyelid. Initially the diagnosis of a carbuncle caused by an infection with Staphylococcus aureus was supposed. A surgical debridement was performed and an antibiotic therapy was started. Only special microbial investigations requested by the clinician led to the diagnosis of a cutaneous infection with Nocardia brasiliensis. The presented case is remarkable because the nocardia infection was in an immune-competent patient and the patient showed a primary cutaneous nocardiosis without dissemination.
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Authors | W J Z'Graggen, T Bregenzer, H Fankhauser, A Arnoux, H Laeng, P H Itin |
Journal | European journal of dermatology : EJD
(Eur J Dermatol)
Vol. 11
Issue 6
Pg. 569-71
( 2001)
ISSN: 1167-1122 [Print] France |
PMID | 11701411
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Amoxicillin
(therapeutic use)
- Carbuncle
(diagnosis)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Facial Dermatoses
(diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery)
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Nocardia
(isolation & purification)
- Nocardia Infections
(diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery)
- Penicillins
(therapeutic use)
- Skin Diseases, Bacterial
(diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery)
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