First case of cerebral abscess due to a novel Nocardia species in an immunocompromised patient.

C Flateau, V Jurado, N Lemaître, C Loïez, F Wallet, C Saiz-Jimenez, C Decoene, E Bergeron, P Boiron, K Faure, B Guery, V Rodríguez-Nava

Journal of clinical microbiology 2013 Feb

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We report the first case of cerebral abscess due to a novel species of Nocardia in a heart transplant patient and describe the antimicrobial susceptibility of this isolate. As our patient was intolerant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, we also discuss alternative therapeutic options in brain abscess due to Nocardia sp.

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C Flateau, V Jurado, N Lemaître, C Loïez, F Wallet, C Saiz-Jimenez, C Decoene, E Bergeron, P Boiron, K Faure, B Guery, V Rodríguez-Nava. First case of cerebral abscess due to a novel Nocardia species in an immunocompromised patient. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2013 Feb;51(2):696-700