Cutaneous Nocardia arthritidis infection in an orthotopic liver transplant recipient

Nocardiosis is a potentially life-threatening infection that affects both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts. We discuss a case of an elderly gentleman with history of orthotopic liver transplantation who presented with cellulitis of his left forearm. When he did not respond to the typical a...

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Published inIDCases Vol. 18; p. e00623
Main Authors Cheronis, Nicholas, Carr, Dustin, Bhanot, Nitin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019
Elsevier
Subjects
Cutaneous infection
Immunocompromised
Nocardia arthritidis
Nocardiosis
Nocardiosis
Nocardia arthritidis
Immunocompromised
Cutaneous infection
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Summary:Nocardiosis is a potentially life-threatening infection that affects both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts. We discuss a case of an elderly gentleman with history of orthotopic liver transplantation who presented with cellulitis of his left forearm. When he did not respond to the typical antibiotic coverage for bacterial cellulitis, skin biopsy was performed. N. arthritidis was identified as the pathogen, a relatively newly identified human pathogen first described to cause human disease in 2004.
ISSN:2214-2509
2214-2509
DOI:10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00623