Resolution of innumerable cerebral Nocardia paucivorans abscesses after medical management.
Published
Journal Article
Nocardia species are an infrequent cause of brain abscesses. We report a 50-year-old man with Nocardia paucivorans cerebral abscesses. Brain MRI revealed innumerable small ring-enhancing lesions. The patient initially responded to treatment with antibiotics and steroids, but experienced worsening after discontinuation of steroids. Brain biopsy performed to exclude central nervous system lymphoma produced nodular tissue with branching filaments on silver stain. Steroids were re-initiated and tapered slowly. The patient completed 1year of antibiotic therapy, after which he had no neurological symptoms and complete resolution of all brain abscesses on MRI.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Delavari, N; Than, KD; Chen, KS; McKeever, PE; Wang, AC; Pandey, AS
Published Date
- May 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 27 /
Start / End Page
- 175 - 177
PubMed ID
- 26765763
Pubmed Central ID
- 26765763
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-2653
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.10.028
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Scotland