Nocardia takedensis: a newly recognized pathogen responsible for skin and soft tissue infections

• Main Authors: Romain Lotte (Author), Alicia Chevalier (Author), Sabine Dantas (Author), Nicolas Degand (Author), Alice Gaudart (Author), Pierre-Simon Rörhlich (Author), Laurent Boyer (Author), Veronica Rodriguez-Nava (Author), Pascal Del Giudice (Author), Raymond Ruimy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Nocardia takedensis was first isolated in 2005, from soil in Japan. We report here two cases of lymphangitis in France (2012-2017) caused by N. takedensis both occurring after skin injury while gardening, which enabled its inoculation. The two patients were immunocompromised and successfull...