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. 1990;17(2):133–135.

Nocardia brasiliensis Cellulitis in a Heart Transplant Patient

John T Sinnott IV 1,2, Douglas A Holt 1,2, Carlos Alverez 1,2, John Greene 1,2, Michael S Sweeney 1,2
PMCID: PMC326471  PMID: 15227399

Abstract

Three months after undergoing heart transplantation, a 55-year-old man presented with N. brasiliensis cellulitis resulting from a splinter wound acquired during yard work. Surgical débridement was necessary before the infection responded to medical treatment. Although pulmonary nocardiosis is a well-documented complication of immunosuppressive therapy, this is the 1st report of a nocardial infection associated with primary skin involvement in a heart transplant patient. (Texas Heart Institute Journal 1990;17:133-5)

Keywords: Antibiotics

Keywords: cellulitis

Keywords: drug combinations

Keywords: heart transplantation

Keywords: Nocardia brasiliensis

Keywords: Nocardia infections

Keywords: nocardiosis

Keywords: skin diseases, infectious

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