Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia farcinica in a Young Immunocompetent Patient

Cerebral nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic infectious disease that occurs mainly in immunocompromised hosts; however, immunocompetent patients may be affected too. It often results in the formation of intraparenchymal brain abscess, which represents only 2% of all cerebral abscesses. The overall m...

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Autores principales: Okan, Tetyana, Esmati, Saliman, Lodeen, Homayoon, Abawkaw, Michael, Kaur, Jashandeep, Doshi, Kaushik, Islam, Md Aticul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10362991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37489194
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40823

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