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Primary cutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia takedensis with pulmonary dissemination in an immunosuppressed patient |
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| Authors: | Michael Benzaquen Pauline Belenotti Dan Lebowitz Michel Drancourt Jacques Serratrice |
| Institution: | 1. Service de Dermatologie, H?pital Nord, Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Marseille, Aix‐Marseille Université, Marseille, France;2. Service de Médecine interne, H?pital de La Timone, Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Marseille, Aix‐Marseille Université, Marseille, France;3. Service de Médecine interne générale, H?pitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland;4. Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Transmissibles et Emergentes, Aix Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France |
| Abstract: | We present a remarkable case of primary cutaneous nocardiosis with pulmonary dissemination due to Nocardia takedensis in a 76‐year‐old man suffering from marginal zone lymphoma and hypogammaglobulinaemia. We also discuss an alternative treatment to trimethoprim‐sulfamethoxazole, which could be contraindicated due to haematological and cutaneous toxicities. This case report is of interest due to the emergence of cutaneous nocardiosis in dermatology. |
| Keywords: | Nocardia takedensis primary cutaneous nocardiosis pulmonary dissemination |