Intracerebral Nocardia asteroides abscess treated by neurosurgical aspiration and combined therapy with sulfadiazine and cefotaxime

C. Jansen; H. M. Frénay; W. P. Vandertop; M. R. Visser

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-8467(05)80015-0

Intracerebral Nocardia asteroides abscess treated by neurosurgical aspiration and combined therapy with sulfadiazine and cefotaxime

C. Jansen, H. M. Frénay, W. P. Vandertop, M. R. Visser

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Abstract

We present a patient with a Nocardia brain abscess who failed to respond to repeated neurosurgical aspiration in combination with sulfadiazine therapy but improved after additional treatment with cefotaxime

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-255
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume	93
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0303-8467(05)80015-0
Publication status	Published - 1991

Keywords

Adult
Brain Abscess/diagnostic imaging
Cefotaxime/therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Drug Therapy, Combination
Humans
Male
Nocardia Infections/diagnostic imaging
Nocardia asteroides
Radiography
Suction
Sulfadiazine/therapeutic use

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