1. Multiple brain abscesses due to nocardia in an immunocompetent patient.
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Alijani N, Mahmoudzadeh S, Hedayat Yaghoobi M, Geramishoar M, and Jafari S
- Subjects
- Adult, Brain Abscess immunology, Female, Humans, Immunocompetence, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nocardia Infections immunology, Brain Abscess diagnosis, Nocardia Infections diagnosis, Parietal Lobe microbiology, Parietal Lobe pathology, Temporal Lobe microbiology, Temporal Lobe pathology
- Abstract
Nocardia cerebral abscesses are rare intracranial lesions. They account for only 1% to 2% of all brain abscesses. They are important in immunocompromised patients, but rarely occur in immunocompetent hosts. Here, we present a case of multiple primary brain abscesses with Nocardia in an immunocompetent patient, who was treated successfully with oral antibiotic therapy.
- Published
- 2013
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