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Evan H Einstein1, David Bonda1, Salman Khan2
1Neurosurgery, Lenox Hill Hospital/Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, New York, USA.
Abstract:
Nocardia infections typically present in immunocompromised hosts. Brain abscesses caused by species such as Nocardia asteroides, farcinica, and abscessus are well-documented in the literature. We present a rare case of an immunocompetent patient with multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum requiring a decompressive fronto-temporoparietal craniectomy due to symptomatic intracranial hypertension. The patient was treated with intrathecal amikacin in addition to standard antibiotics with the resolution of the disease and good neurologic outcome. This is one of few case reports overall involving this species within the brain, and the second to report favorable outcomes. This case describes implications for treatment and adds to sparse literature regarding this particular pathogen.
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