A man with "shrub leg"

Hosp Pract (1995). 1996 Jan 15;31(1):58-9.

Abstract

A 39-year-old man with confirmed HIV infection of six years' duration presented with painful swelling of his right lower leg. Two weeks earlier, he had scratched the leg on a shrub.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / etiology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Adult
  • HIV-1*
  • Humans
  • Leg Injuries / complications*
  • Leg Injuries / microbiology
  • Male
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / etiology
  • Wounds, Penetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / microbiology