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
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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
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description 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 a case of primary multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica in an immune competent patient. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention is significant for the patient.
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spelling pubmed-56827452017-11-28 Nocardia Farcinica Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Old Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature Chaudhari, Dinesh Mohan Renjen, Pushpendra Nath Sardana, Raman Butta, Hena Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report 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 a case of primary multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica in an immune competent patient. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention is significant for the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5682745/ /pubmed/29184344 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_263_17 Text en Copyright: © 2006 - 2017 Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Nocardia Farcinica Brain Abscess in an Immunocompetent Old Patient: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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