Cutaneous Nocardiosis Caused by Nocardia brasiliensis after an Insect Bite

26 April 1999

journal article
case report
Published by S. Karger AG in Dermatology

Vol. 198 (2) , 159-161
https://doi.org/10.1159/000018094

Abstract

We report the case of a primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis occurring on the right calf of a healthy 56-year-old man after an insect bite. Analysis of the purulent exudate obtained from the nodule revealed Nocardia brasiliensis. The initial therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole had to be stopped due to a drug eruption. However, with minocycline treatment the patient recovered within 5 weeks. Superficial (sporotrichoid) infections and a history of outdoor injury should be considered suspicious for cutaneous nocardiosis.

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