Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422

. 2018 Jul 4:13:e00422.

doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422. eCollection 2018.

Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Luis Aliaga^{1

2}, Georgette Fatoul², Emilio Guirao-Arrabal², Alejandro Peña³, Javier Rodríguez-Granger⁴, Fernando Cobo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Granada, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
² Department of Internal Medicine. Hospital Campus de la Salud, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
³ Department of Microbiology, Hospital Campus de la Salud, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas, s/n, 18014, Granada, Spain.

PMID: 30101067
PMCID: PMC6077179
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422

Nocardia paucivorans brain abscess. Clinical and microbiological characteristics

Luis Aliaga et al. IDCases. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 4:13:e00422.

doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Luis Aliaga^{1

2}, Georgette Fatoul², Emilio Guirao-Arrabal², Alejandro Peña³, Javier Rodríguez-Granger⁴, Fernando Cobo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Granada, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
² Department of Internal Medicine. Hospital Campus de la Salud, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
³ Department of Microbiology, Hospital Campus de la Salud, Avda. de la Ilustración, 80, 18016, Granada, Spain.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avda. de las Fuerzas Armadas, s/n, 18014, Granada, Spain.

PMID: 30101067
PMCID: PMC6077179
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00422

Abstract

Nocardia paucivorans brain abscesses are unusual in humans. Sixteen cases of this infection have been reported in the world medical literature. There is precise clinical information available from nine patients. All of these patients recovered or were cured from their brain disease with long-term antimicrobial treatment. Surgical drainage was performed in four patients.

Keywords: Nocardia; Nocardia brain abscess; Nocardia infections; Nocardia paucivorans; Nocardiosis.

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