Nocardia asteroides cerebral abscess in immunocompetent hosts: Report of three cases and review of surgical recommendations

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 605-610

  Fleetwood, Ian G ^a   Embil, John M ^a   Ross, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain abscess diagnosis; Brain abscess surgery; Craniotomy; Nocardia asteroides; Nocardia spp; Nocardia spp infections; Nocardia spp infections diagnosis; Nocardia spp. infections surgery; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034209963     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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