Primary brain abscess with Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an intravenous drug abuser
| Autor: | P. Boiron, E. Durán, M.C. Rubio, A. Martínez, L. López, F. Comuñas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Microbiology (medical) Imipenem medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Antibiotics Brain Abscess Nocardia Infections Microbiology Nocardia Lesion medicine Humans Substance Abuse Intravenous Brain abscess Craniotomy Lung biology Astrocytoma General Medicine bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology medicine.symptom medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Microbiology. 50:101-103 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5644 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/0022-1317-50-1-101 |
| Popis: | A primary brain abscess with Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in an intravenous drug abuser is reported. Nocardia brain abscess has been reported infrequently and normally only in immunocompromised patients. The lungs are the most common primary focus, but brain abscess may also occur following direct cutaneous inoculation. In this case the clinical presentation was first diagnosed as an astrocytoma. However, N. otitidiscaviarum was isolated from the lesion after emergency craniotomy. In contrast to five cases described previously the patient survived after surgical removal and antibiotic treatment with imipenem and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole. |
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