Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient

Nocardia farcinica and Enterococcus faecium are both rare causes of cerebral abscess. The former is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a neurosurgical approach to the management of multiple intracranial abscesses of dual microbial pathology in an immunocompetent patient to ach...

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Autores principales: Holmes, David N, Armstrong, Lara, Bennett, James, Simms, H Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy015
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author Holmes, David N
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description Nocardia farcinica and Enterococcus faecium are both rare causes of cerebral abscess. The former is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a neurosurgical approach to the management of multiple intracranial abscesses of dual microbial pathology in an immunocompetent patient to achieve a good outcome.
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spelling pubmed-58148102018-02-23 Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient Holmes, David N Armstrong, Lara Bennett, James Simms, H Neil J Surg Case Rep Case Report Nocardia farcinica and Enterococcus faecium are both rare causes of cerebral abscess. The former is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a neurosurgical approach to the management of multiple intracranial abscesses of dual microbial pathology in an immunocompetent patient to achieve a good outcome. Oxford University Press 2018-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5814810/ /pubmed/29479418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy015 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title_full Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title_fullStr Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title_full_unstemmed Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title_short Neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial Nocardia and Enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
title_sort neurosurgical management of multiple intracranial nocardia and enterococcus abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479418
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