TY - JOUR
T1 - First Case of Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
AU - Makadia, Shraddhadevi
AU - Patel, Ishan
AU - Soosaipillai, Ivan
AU - Tarasiuk-Rusek, Aneta
AU - tarasiuk rusek, Aneta
N1 - Makadia S, Patel I, Soosaipillai I, Tarasiuk-Rusek A. First Case of Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec;8:2324709620938228. doi: 10.1177/2324709620938228.
PY - 2020/6/30
Y1 - 2020/6/30
N2 - Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common cause of cutaneous nocardiosis. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis is an emerging species responsible for invasive and disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of a 67-year-old immunocompetent patient without significant past medical history diagnosed with primary cutaneous nocardiosis with N pseudobrasiliensis as the causative organism. In our opinion, we report the first case of primary cutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient with N pseudobrasiliensis being the causative agent.
AB - Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common cause of cutaneous nocardiosis. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis is an emerging species responsible for invasive and disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of a 67-year-old immunocompetent patient without significant past medical history diagnosed with primary cutaneous nocardiosis with N pseudobrasiliensis as the causative organism. In our opinion, we report the first case of primary cutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient with N pseudobrasiliensis being the causative agent.
KW - primary cutaneous nocardiosis
KW - Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis
KW - immunocompetent
UR - https://scholarlycommons.hcahealthcare.com/internal-medicine/123
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709620938228
M3 - Article
JO - Internal Medicine
JF - Internal Medicine
ER -