Nocardia brain abscesses in a male patient with SLE: Successful outcome despite delay in diagnosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1020-1022

  Justiniano, Maria ^a   Glorioso, Sarah ^a   Dold, Sylvia ^a   Espinoza, Luis R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Immunosuppression; Lupus; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LINEZOLID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELLULITIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SEIZURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SLURRED SPEECH; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250774082     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0262-x     Document Type: Article

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