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Case Reports
. 2003 Jan;10(1):130-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0967-5868(02)00121-2.

Nocardia brain abscess misinterpreted as cerebral infarction

W Börm  1 , M Gleixner
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Nocardia brain abscess misinterpreted as cerebral infarction

W Börm et al. J Clin Neurosci. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

We present the case of a non-immunocompromised man with right-sided hemiparesis and aphasia thought to be caused by cerebral infarction, but which in the later clinical course evolved to be a nocardia brain abscess that needed surgical intervention. Misinterpretation of imaging combined with the absence of clinical signs of infection led to inadequate primary treatment

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