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Nocardia farcinica brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient treated with antibiotics and two surgical techniques

  • Tzu-Tsao Chung
    Affiliations
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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  • Jung-Chung Lin
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    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Cheng-Ta Hsieh
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    Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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  • Guann-Juh Chen
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    Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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  • Da-Tong Ju
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    Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 8792 7177; fax: +886 2 8792 7178.
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    Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.029
Nocardia farcinica brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient treated with antibiotics and two surgical techniques
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      Abstract

      Nocardia farcinica brain abscesses rarely occur in immunocompetent hosts. We present a patient with an N. farcinica brain abscess. This was confirmed by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing and was successfully treated using one medical and two different surgical techniques, highlighting the important role of surgical intervention if antibiotic treatment fails.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: March 24, 2009
      Received: January 12, 2009

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.029

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