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

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.
AuthorsC Jansen, H M Frénay, W P Vandertop, M R Visser
JournalClinical neurology and neurosurgery (Clin Neurol Neurosurg) Vol. 93 Issue 3 Pg. 253-5 ( 1991) ISSN: 0303-8467 [Print] Netherlands
PMID1660384 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Cefotaxime
Topics
  • Adult
  • Brain Abscess (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, surgery)
  • Cefotaxime (therapeutic use)
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nocardia Infections (diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, surgery)
  • Nocardia asteroides
  • Radiography
  • Suction
  • Sulfadiazine (therapeutic use)

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