Nocardia brain abscess mimicking brain tumour in immunocompetent patients: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 411-414

  Menkü, Ahmet ^a,b   Kurtsoy, A ^a   Tucer, B ^a   Yildiz, O ^a   Akdemir, H ^a   Bayston, Roger ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Intracranial mass; Neuronavigation; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAVIGATION; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 1842711756     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0215-6     Document Type: Review

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