Nodular lymphangitis: Difference between revisions

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Characterized by purulent nodules appearing along the course of reqional lymphatics

Organism	Distribution	Exposures	Incubation	Initial presentation
Sporothrix schenckii	South and Central America and southern North America	gardening (especially roses), other soil contact, animal scratches or bites	1 week to 3 months	painless ulcerated nodule
Mycobacterium marinum	worldwide	fish and acquiraiums, including falt- and freshwater exposures	1 to 6 weeks	mildly tender, ulcerated nodule
Nocardia brasiliensis	worldwide	soil, cat scratch	3 days to 6 weeks	tender, ulcerated, draining nodules
Leishmania brasiliensis	South and Central America	sand flies	2 to 24 weeks	painless, punched-out shallow ulcer
Francisella tularensis	North America	wild animal exposures (especially hunting) or ticks	1 to 6 days	painful ulcerated draining papule
Bacillus anthracis	worldwide	animal, animal product, or contaminated soil exposures		painless ulcer with vesicles and edema
Staphylococcus aureus	worldwide		4 to 10 days	abscesses, with or without drainage
Coccidioides species	Southwest US and northern Mexico	soil exposure or laboratory exposure	1 to 4 weeks	verrucous plaques and ulcerated nodules
Blastomyces dermatitidis	worldwide, particularly North America	soil, animal bites or scratches, laboratory exposure	1 to 5 weeks	verrucous plaques and ulcerated nodules
Histoplasma capsulatum	worldwide	soil, birds, laboratory exposure	5 to 18 days	myriad
Scedosporium species	worldwide	soil, water, or seage		nodules
Herpes simplex virus	worldwide		2 to 12 days	vesicles
Vaccinia virus		cattle and cats

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 === Full list ===
 * Fungi
-** [[Sporothrix schenckii]]
+** [[Sporothrix schenckii]]: gardening or dirt exposure
 ** [[Blastomyces dermatitidis]]
 ** [[Coccidioides immitis]]
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 ** [[Rhinocladiella aquaspersa]] ([[chromoblastomycosis]])
 * Bacteria
-** [[Norcardia]] species, including [[N. brasiliensis]], [[N. asteroides]], [[N. otidiscaviarum]], and [[N. transcalensis]]
+** [[Norcardia]] species, including [[N. brasiliensis]], [[N. asteroides]], [[N. otidiscaviarum]], and [[N. transcalensis]]: soil or water exposure
+** [[Non-tuberculous mycobacteria]]
-** ''[[Mycobacterium marinarum]]'', [[Mycobacterium chelonei]], and [[Mycobacterium fortuitum]], and rarely [[Mycobacterium kansasii]]
+*** ''[[Mycobacterium marinarum]]'': saltwater or marine exposure
-** ''[[Francisella tularensis]]'' (ulceroglandular tularemia)
+*** ''[[Mycobacterium chelonei]]''
+*** ''[[Mycobacterium fortuitum]]''
+*** Rarely ''[[Mycobacterium kansasii]]''
+** ''[[Francisella tularensis]]'' (ulceroglandular tularemia): excrutiatingly painful; hunting; deer flies and ticks
 ** [[Burkholderia pseudomallei]] (melioidosis)
 ** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]