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Case Reports
. 2013 May-Jun;71(3):345-8.
doi: 10.1684/abc.2013.0816.

[Brain abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica simulating an ischemic stroke]

[Article in French]
Emmanuelle Lavalard  1 , Thomas Guillard, Sonia Baumard, Antoine Grillon, Lucien Brasme, Verónica Rodríguez-Nava, Fabien Litré, Alain Delmer, Patrick Boiron, Christophe de Champs
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[Brain abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica simulating an ischemic stroke]

[Article in French]
Emmanuelle Lavalard et al. Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2013 May-Jun.
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Abstract

Nocardia spp. are bacteria often implicated in pulmonary diseases and central nervous system infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report here the case of an immunocompromised woman presenting an insidious brain abcess initially treated as a cerebral stroke. Despite a cotrimoxazole and rifampicin treatment she did not improve. She died 3 month later after she stopped her treatment.

Keywords: Nocardia cyriacigeorgica; Nocardia spp.; brain abscess; nocardiosis.

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