nocardiosis has been reported increasingly in recent two decades, probably due to improvement in isolation of the organism and increased burden of immune compromised patients. nocardia occasionally has been reported in healthy people. a case series of definitive nocardiosis (2002 to 2010), clinical characteristics, underlying diseases, immune status and in-patient outcome were studied in a tert...

Nocardiosis is a rare human infection due to ubiquitous soil born gram-positive, filametous aerobic bacteria. First signs are frequently cutaneous either as part of systemic infection disseminated to the skin, or as primary cutaneous inoculation. An 88 years old man presented with a 3-day history of red papules and pustules with pain on his forehead. The combination of the unusual clinical pres...

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Nocardia otitidiscaviarum was seldom reported to cause primary cutaneous nocardiosis, which is difficult to diagnosis due to its nonspecific clinical features. Misdiagnosis of the disease could result in inappropriate treatment and chronic protracted lesions. In this report, we described a previously misdiagnosed case of primary cutaneous nocardiosis caused by N. otitidiscaviarum in a 30-year-o...

INTRODUCTION The introduction of biologic immunomodulators, in particular antibodies targeted against tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), has revolutionized treatment of Crohn’s disease. However, this comes at the expense of a higher risk for opportunistic infections due to a generalized immunosuppressive effect. Bacterial and opportunistic infections are well-known complications of anti-T...