Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Nocardia paucivorans brain abscesses are unusual in humans. Sixteen cases of this infection have been reported in the world medical literature. There is precise clinical information available from nine patients. All of these patients recovered or were cured from their brain disease with long-term an...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Aliaga, Luis, Fatoul, Georgette, Guirao-Arrabal, Emilio, Peña, Alejandro, Rodríguez-Granger, Javier, Cobo, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422
Descripción
Sumario:Nocardia paucivorans brain abscesses are unusual in humans. Sixteen cases of this infection have been reported in the world medical literature. There is precise clinical information available from nine patients. All of these patients recovered or were cured from their brain disease with long-term antimicrobial treatment. Surgical drainage was performed in four patients.

Ejemplares similares