Nocardial brain abscess in an immunocompetent host

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-277

  Dias, M ^a   Nagarathna, S ^b   Mahadevan, A ^b   Chandramouli, B ^b   Chandramuki, A ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Intracranial mass lesion; Nocardia asteroides

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; PUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48249100932     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.42052     Document Type: Article

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