Open AccessImmunocompetent patient with Nocardia abscessus brain abscess: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Sultan Alsalmi,
Abdulgadir Bugdadi,
Abdu Alkhayri,
Louis Chenin,
Johann Peltier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
case studies in surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2377-732X
pISSN - 2377-7311
DOI - 10.5430/css.v4n1p17
Subject(s) - nocardia , brain abscess , abscess , medicine , nocardiosis , nocardia infections , surgery , radiology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Nocardia cerebral abscess is uncommon. It accounts for 1%-2% of all cerebral abscesses. It typically occurs in immunocompromised patients but cases in immunocompetent hosts been reported. Diagnosis of Nocardia brain abscess can be difficult and misleading. In this report we report a case of Nocardia abscessus brain abscess that was misdiagnosed initially as brain tumor. The patient has been successfully managed medically along with surgical evacuation twice.