Cerebral abscess caused by Nocardia nova
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska, cilt.42, sa.2, ss.153-156, 2008 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Dergi Adı: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.153-156
- Anahtar Kelimeler: nocardiosis, Nocardia nova, cerebral abscess, surgery, treatment
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Primary cerebral nocardiosis is very rare and the subgroup of the isolate has usually been defined as Norardia asteroides. We report an unusual patient with a cerebral abscess whose cultures were typical for N. nova. It was first isolated from an HIV-1 infected individual and has a distinctive antibiotic susceptibility among the species of N. asteroides. Aggressive surgical and medical intervention is a must for these unusual pathogens. Although our surgical strategy was successful, treatment of nocardial cerebral abscess is quite hard and long lasting, and N. nova in particular necessitates a specific antibiotic regimen.