Disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia brasiliensis in an ambulatory patient
Zufferey, P.; Wenger, A.; Bille, J.; Hofstetter, J.R.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 78(25): 718-721
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 2756262 Document Number: 340600
We report the case of a 76-year-old man with generalized nocardiosis. The microbiologic pattern, the different clinical manifestations and the treatment of nocardiosis are discussed in general. In the particular case of our patient the disease manifested itself primarily as a subcutaneous abscess, a metastasis secondary to pulmonary nocardiosis. The disease was caused by a Nocardia brasiliensis, which is rarely seen in Europe and which does not usually cause a generalized form of nocardiosis.