Lv,Huoyang, Chen,Mengyuan, Ji,Youqi, Pan,Liya, Hong,Xin, Ge,Yumei, Lv,Huoyang, Chen,Mengyuan, Ji,Youqi, Pan,Liya, Hong,Xin, and Ge,Yumei
Huoyang Lv,1,* Mengyuan Chen,1,2,* Youqi Ji,1,3,* Liya Pan,4 Xin Hong,1,5 Yumei Ge1â 6 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Peopleâs Hospital (Affiliated Peopleâs Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, Peopleâs Republic of China; 2The Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, Peopleâs Republic of China; 3School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, Peopleâs Republic of China; 4Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial Peopleâs Hospital (Affiliated Peopleâs Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, Peopleâs Republic of China; 5Department of Green Pharmaceutical Collaborative Innovation Center, School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, Peopleâs Republic of China; 6Key Laboratory of Biomarkers and in vitro Diagnosis Translation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, Peopleâs Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yumei Ge, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial Peopleâs Hospital (Affiliated Peopleâs Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, Peopleâs Republic of China, Email 11218070@zju.edu.cnBackground: Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, which mainly causes pleuropulmonary and disseminated nocardiosis, has been proved to be one of the most common opportunistic pathogens in patients with immunodeficiency, but the cases that cause subcutaneous abscesses in normal individuals are rare and should be paid attention to.Methods: The clinical data of a patient with cutaneous nocardiosis caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in Zhejiang Provincial Peopleâs Hospital were retrospectively analyzed, including clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations, imaging