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  • Title: [Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia farcinica in a kidney transplanted man].
    Author: Tinggaard M, Bagge K.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2017 Jun 05; 179(23):. PubMed ID: 28606302.
    Abstract:
    Nocardiosis is primarily an opportunistic infection caused by aerobic Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Nocardia. In this case report we describe a male patient who previously received a kidney transplant and was admitted to hospital with chills, headache and pain in the neck and left eye, tremor and coordination problems. A magnetic resonance scan of the brain showed multiple abscesses, and blood culture was positive for Nocardia farcinica. Nocardiosis of the central nervous system is a rare, but serious differential diagnosis in immunosuppressed patients with signs of high intracranial pressure.
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