传播性无心脏病与持续的神经疾病
Jordan J Stellern1, Jacob Plaisted2, Christine Welles2
1University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA jordan.stellern@cuanschutz.edu.
BMJ case reports
|January 9, 2024
概括
一种严重的Nocardia farcinica感染扩散到中枢神经系统 (CNS) 的老年患者与肉类发病. 尽管进行了多次抗生素治疗,但感染却是致命的,这凸显了治疗方面的挑战.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 肺部病理学 肺部病理学
- 神经学 神经学
背景情况:
- 一位老年男性患者在慢性普得尼松治疗中出现了喘.
- 通过胸部X射线诊断出肺炎,导致入院.
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