First case of cerebral abscess due to a novel Nocardia species in an immunocompromised patient.
J Clin Microbiol
; 51(2): 696-700, 2013 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23224088
ABSTRACT
We report the first case of cerebral abscess due to a novel species of Nocardia in a heart transplant patient and describe the antimicrobial susceptibility of this isolate. As our patient was intolerant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, we also discuss alternative therapeutic options in brain abscess due to Nocardia sp.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Abscess
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Immunocompromised Host
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Nocardia
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Nocardia Infections
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Clin Microbiol
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Francia