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Changes of the abscesses after treatments. A, A subcutaneous abscess on left lower limb. B, The incised abscess with purulent discarge. C, The abscess disappeared following treatment.
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F1
More than 10 scattered subcutaneous abscesses were found (Figure 1A), and some ruptured or incised abscesses (Figure 1B) with yellowish purulent discharge were observed. Three weeks later, the abscesses disappeared, and the incisions or wounds had healed (Figure 1C).
Gene sequence of N. braisiliensis identified from the pus.
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F2
All of the pus cultures, which were aspirated from 5 different complete abscesses, presented Nocardia consistently, and gene sequencing (Figure 2) confirmed that they were all N. brasiliensis.
Clinical course.
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F3
The clinical course is summarized in Figure 3.