A case report of nocardia brain abscess that needs to be distinguished from metastatic brain tumor

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Kawakami, Osamu ^a   Kenmochi, Junya ^a   Sugiura, Makoto ^a   Kato, Hiroko ^a   Takagi, Shinnosuke ^a   Ando, Tetsuo ^a  

^a ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Chemotherapy; Lung disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEMIANOPIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51149096223     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.401     Document Type: Article

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