Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with brain abscess caused by Nocardia farcinica diagnosed using metagenomics next-generation sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid: a case report

BACKGROUND: Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia farcinica are rare, and mostly occur in immunocompromised individuals. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of nocardiosis is challenging. Due to the inadequate performance of conventional diagnostic methods for Nocardia infection, metagenomics next-generation...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Chaojun, Wang, Kai, Li, Hanrong, Zhang, Xiaobo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33892637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06071-1

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