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Immunocompetent patient with a brain abscess caused by Nocardia beijingensis in Latin America: A case report.
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- Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Central Nervous System Nocardiosis: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2022Pooled it
- Brain abscesses: the first report of disseminated Nocardia beijingensis infection in an immunocompetent individual in China.BMC neurology · 2024Article
- PersistentInfectious medicine · 2023Article
- Cerebral Abscess Infected byInfection and drug resistance · 2023Article
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- Multiple Brain Abscesses Caused by Nocardia Beijingensis in a Patient With HIV Infection.Cureus · 2022Article
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- Species diversity and molecular analysis of opportunistic Mycobacterium, Nocardia and Rhodococcus isolated from the hospital environment in a developing country, a potential resources for nosocomial infection.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2021Article
- Stroke like presentation of disseminated CNSIDCases · 2021Article
- [Abscesos cerebrales por Nocardia spp. en una paciente inmunocompetente].Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2020Article
- Multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia spp. in an immunocompetent patientBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2020Article
- DisseminatedEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2020Article
- Isolated Nocardiosis, an Unrecognized Primary Immunodeficiency?Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
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Abstract
rationaleNocardia species are not commonly referred as primary infectious entities but rather as opportunistic pathogens. Infectious cases of Nocardia spp. in immunocompetent individuals are rare. PATIENT CONCERNS: An immunocompetent 58-year-old patient presented with recurrent headaches. DIAGNOSIS: A brain abscess was found and surgically drained. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and heat shock protein 65/16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer genotyping from the sample revealed the etiological agent as Nocardia beijingensis.
interventionsMeropenem/amikacin/Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were administered. OUTCOMES: The infection persisted leading to the patient's death. LESSONS: Here we present the first case of N. beijingensis infection of the central nervous system in an immunocompetent patient from Latin America. Further inquiry is needed to establish whether this species is more virulent than other Nocardia isolates.
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