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  • Title: Nocardia farcinica brain abscess in a patient without immunocompromise.
    Author: Fellows GA, Kalsi PS, Martin AJ.
    Journal: Br J Neurosurg; 2007 Jun; 21(3):301-3. PubMed ID: 17612924.
    Abstract:
    Brain abscess has an incidence of 1 per 100,000 in developed countries and a mortality rate of 10%. Cerebral infections with Nocardia farcinica have a mortality of up to 90%. Nocardial species are important pathogens in immunocompromised hosts, but infections in immunocompetent patients are extremely rare. We report a case of primary brain abscess with N. farcinica in a patient without immunosuppression, which was treated with surgery and a one-year course of oral moxifloxacin.
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