A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum
Nocardiosis is a rare infectious disease due to Nocardia infections. In this report, we present a rare case of cutaneous nocardiosis with involvement of the trachea, anterior mediastinum and sternum. The strain of Nocardia has been isolated from bacterial culture of infected tissue. 16s rRNA sequenc...
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| description | Nocardiosis is a rare infectious disease due to Nocardia infections. In this report, we present a rare case of cutaneous nocardiosis with involvement of the trachea, anterior mediastinum and sternum. The strain of Nocardia has been isolated from bacterial culture of infected tissue. 16s rRNA sequencing confirmed that it contained the Nocardia genus. The patient was successfully treated with Co-SMZ. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8eed754d26b0469796cb42e0d3d643fe2022-12-21T19:38:56ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672010-10-012317718210.1159/000321635321635A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and SternumXiaoyun WangTao ZhouDanqi DengYun GuoNocardiosis is a rare infectious disease due to Nocardia infections. In this report, we present a rare case of cutaneous nocardiosis with involvement of the trachea, anterior mediastinum and sternum. The strain of Nocardia has been isolated from bacterial culture of infected tissue. 16s rRNA sequencing confirmed that it contained the Nocardia genus. The patient was successfully treated with Co-SMZ.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/321635Cutaneous nocardiosisNocardia infectionBacterial culture16s rRNANocardia ninae |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoyun Wang Tao Zhou Danqi Deng Yun Guo A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum Case Reports in Dermatology Cutaneous nocardiosis Nocardia infection Bacterial culture 16s rRNA Nocardia ninae |
| title | A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum |
| title_full | A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum |
| title_short | A Case of Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Involvement of the Trachea, Anterior Mediastinum and Sternum |
| title_sort | case of cutaneous nocardiosis with involvement of the trachea anterior mediastinum and sternum |
| topic | Cutaneous nocardiosis Nocardia infection Bacterial culture 16s rRNA Nocardia ninae |
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