<i>Nocardia brasiliensis</i> in diabetic foot abscess: A rare case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
<i>Nocardia</i> species are saprophytic bacteria, present in soil and water, usually associated with pulmonary infection and occasionally with abscesses in other body sites in immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent individuals. Microbiologically, they are aerobic, thin, branched, filamentous, gram-positive bacteria. Here, we report a case of diabetic foot abscess in an immunocompetent, adult male patient, due to <i>Nocardia brasiliensis</i> that could be diagnosed in a timely manner due to proper microbiological work-up and speciated using MALDI-TOF-VITEK-MS.