Extensive cerebral nocardiosis cured with antibiotic therapy alone. Case report.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1978
Abstract
A 34-year-old renal transplant recipient developed multiple soft tissue and extensive cerebral nocardiosis. The number and locations of the cerebral abscesses and probable areas of cerebritis precluded surgical drainage procedures. Gradual resolution of all the cerebral lesions occurred over a period of 6 months with antibiotic therapy alone. A review of the literature revealed only one previous case of a patient with pulmonary nocardiosis who had a probable secondary brain abscess and who survived without surgical drainage. Thus, if surgical drainage is not possible, antibiotic therapy alone may offer a hope of survival in what otherwise has been considered a uniformly fatal disease.
Volume
49
Issue
6
First Page
924
Last Page
928
ISSN
0022-3085
Published In/Presented At
Kirmani, N., Tuazon, C. U., Ocuin, J. A., Thompson, A. M., Kramer, N. C., & Geelhoed, G. W. (1978). Extensive cerebral nocardiosis cured with antibiotic therapy alone. Case report. Journal of neurosurgery, 49(6), 924–928. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1978.49.6.0924
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
731312
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article