ICD-11 definition : 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.;
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.