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Nocardia Farcinica Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Old Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature

By definition, a brain abscess is an intraparenchymal collection of pus. Nocardia shows to have a special tropism for the neural tissue. Solitary abscess represents the most common manifestation in the central nervous system, accounting for 1%–2% of all cerebral abscesses. In this report, we present...

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Autores principales: Chaudhari, Dinesh Mohan, Renjen, Pushpendra Nath, Sardana, Raman, Butta, Hena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184344
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_263_17