Intracerebral abscess caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a renal transplant patient-cured by evacuation plus antibiotic therapy

Nephron

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Hartmann, Anders ^a   Halvorsen, Carl Erik ^a   Jenssen, Trond ^a   Bjørneklett, Arvid ^a   Brekke, Inge B ^a   Bakke, Søren J ^a   Hirschberg, Henry ^a   Tønjum, Tone ^a   Gaustad, Peter ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Intracerebral abscess; Leukocyte scan; Nocardia otitidiscaviarum; Renal transplantation; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; MEROPENEM; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; TACROLIMUS;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CANCER; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA OTITIDISCAVIARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0033832492     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045716     Document Type: Article

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