A case of nocardiosis with an uncharacteristically long incubation period
Kil, E.H.; Tsai, C.L.; Kwark, E.H.; Goldwasser, J.
Cutis 76(1): 33-36
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 16144286 Document Number: 587296
We report a case of an immunocompetent man with a 4-year history of persistent pruritic lesions along the long axis of his forearm. The symptoms began 3 years after the patient immigrated to New York from Mexico. A histopathologic evaluation demonstrated primary cutaneous nocardiosis. This rare case of Nocardia brasiliensis infection in a nontropical area raises the possibility that the incubation period for Nocardia may be longer than previously believed. Alternatively, cutaneous nocardiosis may occur in a wider geographic area than previously recognized.