Brain abscess caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4895-4897

  Barnaud, G ^a   Deschamps, C ^a   Manceron, V ^a   Mortier, E ^a   Laurent, F ^b   Bert, F ^c   Boiron, P ^b   Vinceneux, P ^a   Branger, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b Université Claude Bernard Lyon I   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; PARESIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA;

EID: 24744463129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.9.4895-4897.2005     Document Type: Article

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