Pleurocerebral Nocardia in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1992 ◽
Vol 26
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pp. 188-189
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OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Nocardia asteroides pneumonia and subsequent brain abscess in an immunocompromised host. SETTING: Private, community, teaching hospital. PATIENT: A man readmitted to the hospital for a third time with a fatal brain abscess, after responding to (misdirected) therapy in previous admissions. INTERVENTIONS: Treatment with cefuroxime, erythromycin, trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole at different times. RESULTS: Patient's condition deteriorated and he died after one month of intravenous trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Because it is an infection of the immunocompromised host, it may be considered an AIDS-defining illness. Several other similar cases have been reported in the literature.
2014 ◽
Vol 57
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pp. 117
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2007 ◽
Vol 45
(7)
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pp. 2330-2333
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1997 ◽
Vol 24
(3)
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pp. 449-451
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2017 ◽
Vol 17
(2)
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pp. 1-12