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Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India

Nocardiosis is an acute, subacute or chronic bacterial infection caused by several species of geophilic aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia. Cutaneous nocardiosis is an uncommon infectious disease that presents as primary cutaneous infection or as a sequale of disseminated pulmonary nocardiosis....

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Autores principales: Vijay Kumar, G. S., Mahale, Rashmi P., Rajeshwari, K. G., Rajani, R., Shankaregowda, Ranjitha
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799576
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.81254
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author Vijay Kumar, G. S.
Mahale, Rashmi P.
Rajeshwari, K. G.
Rajani, R.
Shankaregowda, Ranjitha
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description Nocardiosis is an acute, subacute or chronic bacterial infection caused by several species of geophilic aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia. Cutaneous nocardiosis is an uncommon infectious disease that presents as primary cutaneous infection or as a sequale of disseminated pulmonary nocardiosis. Its rarity and as nocardiosis is not an AIDS defined disease it is often underreported. The global incidence of cutaneous nocardiosis is not exactly known. The frequency of nocardiosis in HIV patients has increased from 0.3 to1.85%. In Immunocompetent persons Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis is more commonly seen among gardeners and agriculturists. We report a case of extensive primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis due to Nocardia asteroides, in an adult immunocompromised lady who had no pulmonary focus. The lesions were seen as sinus tracts on the zygomatic arch, preauricular and Infraauricular regions. Bacteriological examination of the pus confirmed the presence of N. asteroides. The rarity of the presentation and Cutaneous nocardiosis in India is reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-31392882011-07-28 Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India Vijay Kumar, G. S. Mahale, Rashmi P. Rajeshwari, K. G. Rajani, R. Shankaregowda, Ranjitha Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Nocardiosis is an acute, subacute or chronic bacterial infection caused by several species of geophilic aerobic bacteria of the genus Nocardia. Cutaneous nocardiosis is an uncommon infectious disease that presents as primary cutaneous infection or as a sequale of disseminated pulmonary nocardiosis. Its rarity and as nocardiosis is not an AIDS defined disease it is often underreported. The global incidence of cutaneous nocardiosis is not exactly known. The frequency of nocardiosis in HIV patients has increased from 0.3 to1.85%. In Immunocompetent persons Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis is more commonly seen among gardeners and agriculturists. We report a case of extensive primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis due to Nocardia asteroides, in an adult immunocompromised lady who had no pulmonary focus. The lesions were seen as sinus tracts on the zygomatic arch, preauricular and Infraauricular regions. Bacteriological examination of the pus confirmed the presence of N. asteroides. The rarity of the presentation and Cutaneous nocardiosis in India is reviewed. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3139288/ /pubmed/21799576 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.81254 Text en © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Vijay Kumar, G. S.
Mahale, Rashmi P.
Rajeshwari, K. G.
Rajani, R.
Shankaregowda, Ranjitha
Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title_full Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title_fullStr Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title_full_unstemmed Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title_short Primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a HIV patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in India
title_sort primary facial cutaneous nocardiosis in a hiv patient and review of cutaneous nocardiosis in india
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799576
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.81254
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