A 75-year-old woman develops painful, spreading lesions on her hand and arm after a minor injury. What common activity could lead to this Skin Infection?
A 75-year-old woman presented to the infectious diseases clinic with a 10-day history of painful lesions on the right hand and forearm. An aspiration of the hand lesion was performed. Bacterial culture of the aspirate grew filamentous, gram-positive, acid-fast branching rods. Which of the following activities likely preceded development of the lesions?
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Gardening, Lymphangitis, Nocardia, Nocardiosis, Sporotrichoid
