Nocardia brasiliensis is the most common cause of cutaneous nocardiosis. Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis is an emerging species responsible for invasive and disseminated disease in immunocompromised patients. We describe a case of a 67-year-old immunocompetent patient without significant past medical history diagnosed with primary cutaneous nocardiosis with N pseudobrasiliensis as the causative organism. In our opinion, we report the first case of primary cutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent patient with N pseudobrasiliensis being the causative agent.
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Makadia, S., Patel, I., Soosaipillai, I., & Tarasiuk-Rusek, A. (2020). First Case of Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient. Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709620938228
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