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Brain abscess caused by Nocardia asteroides
M Attapattu1, N Amarasekera, W S Gunasekera
1Department of Bacteriology and Mycology, Medical Research Institute, Colombo.
The Ceylon Medical Journal
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
A case of Nocardia brain abscess in a patient receiving immunosuppressives is reported. The diagnosis was made by aspiration and culture of pus from the abscess. This is the first documented case of Nocardia brain abscess in Sri Lanka.