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ArticleCureus2019

Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis: A Rare Presentation of Nocardiosis.

Ezza Fatima Tariq, Muhammad M Anwar, Usman A Khan

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ezza Fatima TariqNephrology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Muhammad M AnwarBiochemistry, King Edward Medical University (KEMU) / Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Usman A KhanInternal Medicine and Nephrology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nocardia is an uncommon gram-positive, weakly acid-fast bacterium that causes systemic or localized suppurative disease in humans and animals. Nocardiosis is typically regarded as an opportunistic infection, but approximately one-third of the patients are immunocompetent. The most common presentation is pulmonary disease (39%) followed by systemic involvement, defined as involvement of more than two sites; cutaneous presentation constitutes only 8% of the cases. Nocardia is widely distributed geographically; however, in the US, it is mostly found in warm and dry areas of South West and South East. We present a perfect case of cutaneous nocardiosis of a 70-year-old male, who presented with a traumatic splinter injury, leading to pustules formation on the right index finger, along with erythema and induration of the right arm. The patient was empirically diagnosed and treated for cellulitis, with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, resulting in deterioration of the wound. The patient underwent incision and drainage and wound culture grew nocardia. The index of suspicion should be kept in mind while treating infectious blisters which have failed outpatient cellulitis treatment, immunocompromised hosts, and in nocardia prevalent regions.

Indexed as

acid-fast bacillicutaneous nocardiosishand nocardiosisnocardia

Identifiers

PMID31763083
PMCPMC6834106
OpenAlexW2978037142

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