Multiple brain abscesses due to nocardia in an immunocompetent patient

Arch Iran Med. 2013 Mar;16(3):192-4.

Abstract

Nocardia cerebral abscesses are rare intracranial lesions. They account for only 1% to 2% of all brain abscesses. They are important in immunocompromised patients, but rarely occur in immunocompetent hosts. Here, we present a case of multiple primary brain abscesses with Nocardia in an immunocompetent patient, who was treated successfully with oral antibiotic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Brain Abscess / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / immunology
  • Parietal Lobe* / microbiology
  • Parietal Lobe* / pathology
  • Temporal Lobe* / microbiology
  • Temporal Lobe* / pathology