Nocardia neocaledoniensis [corrected] as a cause of skin and soft tissue infection.

ABSTRACT: Nocardia neocaledoniensis was introduced as a new environmental species of Nocardia in 2004. We present the first case of human skin and soft tissue infection caused by this species in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis receiving prednisone and methotrexate therapy.

SUBMITTER: McGhie T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421827 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature