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1C1B.1 Cutaneous nocardiosis

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Cutaneous nocardiosis may be due to direct infection of the skin where it presents either as a solitary cold abscess or as a lymphangitic process in which infection spreads up lymphatic channels to form a linear array of suppurative nodules. Skin involvement is also present in a third of cases of systemic nocardiosis.

exclusions

• Actinomycetoma due to Nocardia species  (1C43)

synonyms

• Cutaneous nocardiosis
• nocardia abscess

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