Nocardia brain abscess misinterpreted as cerebral infarction

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 130-132

  Borm, Wolfgang ^a,b   Gleixner, M ^a  

^a KLINIKUM ASCHAFFENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral infarction; Nocardia infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037212196     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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