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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2011

First report of a brain abscess caused by Nocardia veterana.

J E Arends, A M Stemerding, S P Vorst, A J de Neeling, A J L Weersink

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. New microbes and new infections · 2021
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  6. Molecular revolution in the diagnosis of microbial brain abscesses.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2014
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  8. Nocardia veterana endogenous endophthalmitis in a cardiac transplant patient.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2013
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  9. Diversity and frequency of Nocardia spp. in the soil of Isfahan province, Iran.Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine · 2012
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  10. Nocardia veterana: disseminated infection with urinary tract infection.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J E ArendsDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, P.O. Box 85500, F.02.126, 3508 GA Utrecht, the Netherlands. j.e.arends@umcutrecht.nl
A M Stemerding
S P Vorst
A J de Neeling
A J L Weersink
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLUtrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among Nocardia species causing infections, Nocardia veterana is rarely isolated and is mostly described as causing pulmonary infections. This is the first presentation of a case of brain abscess attributable to an N. veterana infection in a patient with type 2 diabetes. Prolonged antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole led to successful clinical recovery.

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AgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsBrainBrain AbscessDiabetes ComplicationsHumansMaleNocardiaNocardia InfectionsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID21998437
PMCPMC3232992
OpenAlexW2014135391

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