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Nocardial infection of the skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

R. J. Hay
R. J. Hay
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ
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This paper describes the relationship between different forms of nocardia infection involving the skin. The best recognized of these conditions are systemic nocardiosis and actinomycetoma due to Nocardia spp. in which the organisms are present in either filamentous or grain form respectively. Attention is drawn to evidence for the existence of a primary cutaneous form of nocardiosis which follows inoculation and in which the organisms grow in filamentous phase. It is not clear whether such cases can progress to mycetoma formation if left untreated, or whether other factors are involved. The clinical and laboratory features of these different clinical varieties of nocardia infection are discussed.

Type
Special Feature: Edmond-Isadore-Etienne Nocard
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 385 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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