Nocardia brain abscess: Severe CNS infection that needs aggressive management; case report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1097-1101

  Zakaria, Amr ^a   Elwatidy, Sherif ^a   Elgamal, Essam ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; CNS infection; Decompressive craniectomy; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; MANNITOL; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54849427691     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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