Wada Akifusa, Matsuda Shuichi, Kubota Hideaki, Miura Hiromasa, Iwamoto Yukihide
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan.
Hand Surg. 2002 Dec;7(2):285-7. doi: 10.1142/s021881040200114x.
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.
