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Cutaneous Nocardiosis Mimicking Cellulitis: Case Report

Nokardiya’ya Bağlı Selülit Benzeri Deri Tutulumu: Bir Olgu Sunumu

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It also emphasizes that nocardial infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions suggestive of cellulitis or the other pyogenic infections.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Nocardia are aerobic, partially acid-fast, beaded, branching, gram-positive bacilli.
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Key Findings & Data:Infection with Nocardia species is called nocardiosis.
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Conclusion & Impact:It also emphasizes that nocardial infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions suggestive of cellulitis or the other pyogenic infections.
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Nocardia are aerobic, partially acid-fast, beaded, branching, gram-positive bacilli. Infection with Nocardia species is called nocardiosis. Nocardiosis is rare, life-threatening infection, which is most commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients. It is an acute or chronic, often disseminated, suppurative or granulomatous infection. Nocardia species usually causes pneumonia, skin and central nerves system infections in immunocompromised patients and some times in immunocompetent people. Nocardia asteroides is the most common human pathogen; it usually causes pulmonary and disseminated infection. Nocardia brasiliensis most commonly causes skin infection. We present case of an immunocompetent who presented with cellulitis of the right lower extremity. Cultures from the surgical specimen from the debridement of his lower extremity grew N. asteroides. The patient was treated successfully with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. It also emphasizes that nocardial infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions suggestive of cellulitis or the other pyogenic infections.

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Nokardiyalar; aerobik, kısmen asit-fast, boncuk şeklinde, dallanan filamanlar oluşturan Gram-pozitif basillerdir. Nocardia türleri ile oluşan enfeksiyon nokardiyoz olarak adlandırılır. Nokardiyoz sıklıkla immün sistemi baskılanmış hastalarda görülen, nadir, hayatı tehdit eden bir enfeksiyondur. Bu enfeksiyon akut veya kronik, genellikle dissemine, süpüratif veya granülomatözdür. Nokardiya türleri genellikle immünsuprese hastalarda, bazen de immünkompetan bireylerde pnömoni, deri, Merkezi Sinir Sistemi (MSS) enfeksiyonlarına neden olurlar. N. asteroides en yaygın insan patojeni olup genellikle akciğer enfeksiyonuna ve dissemine enfeksiyona neden olur. N. brasiliensis ise sıklıkla deri enfeksiyonu etkenidir. Bizim olgumuz; sağ alt ekstremitede selülit ile başvuran, immünkompetan bir hastadır. Hastanın alt ekstremitesindeki lezyondan debridman ile alınan materyalden yapılan mikrobiyolojik kültürde Nocardia asteroides üredi. Hasta trimetoprim-sülfametoksazol ile başarılı şekilde tedavi edildi. Sunulan olgu ile selülit veya piyojenik enfeksiyonların ayırıcı tanısında nokardiyozun da düşünülmesi gerektiğini vurgulamak istedik.

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DAL, T., DAL, M. S., UÇMAK, D. (2014). Cutaneous Nocardiosis Mimicking Cellulitis: Case Report. Tıp Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 1, 26–29. https://ajindex.com/articles/361790

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