Primary cutaneous nocardiosis in a husband and wife - 07/09/11
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A 62-year-old woman suffered from acute purulent skin disease with multiple subcutaneous abscesses. At the same time, her 65-year-old husband presented with multiple subcutaneous nodules along the lymphatic vessels of his right arm. Both had a history of a minor scratch by a thorn of a bush at the site of infection. Nocardia was identified as causative bacterium from the woman’s lesions. Therefore the rare phenomenon of 2 different forms of acute primary cutaneous nocardiosis after simultaneous infection, lymphocutaneous infection, and superficial skin infection was diagnosed. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;41:338-40.)
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From the Klinik für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, University of Leipzig, Germany. |
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Reprint requests: Uwe-Frithjof Haustein MD, Klinik für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 21, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: ufh@medizin.uni-leipzig.de |
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Vol 41 - N° 2S
P. 338-340 - août 1999 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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