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Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with asymptomatic pulmonary... Acta Neurol Belg (2019) 119:281–283 DOI 10.1007/s13760-017-0815-6 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis 1 1 • • Sira Carrasco Garcı´a de Leo´n Amalia Herna´ndez Gonza´lez 2 1 Natalia Villasanti Rivas Jose´ Javier Bravo Go´mez Received: 22 March 2017 / Accepted: 10 July 2017 / Published online: 17 July 2017 Belgian Neurological Society 2017 Dear Editor, clonic twitches affecting the right side of his face and compatible with partial motor seizures. A gadolinium Nocardia infections are rare and are typically detected in enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan patients who are immunocompromised [1]. Cerebral revealed a lesion in the left parietal area plus 3–4 satellite nocardiosis is an infrequent condition, and since it rarely lesions. Lesions were nodular in appearance and displayed manifests with symptoms of infection, diagnosis is diffi- ring-shaped contrast enhancement with perilesional cult. We present a case of brain abscess secondary to No- oedema (Fig. 1). A chest radiograph and CT scan cardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with revealed bilateral alveolar-interstitial infiltrates in all lung asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), fields (Fig. 2). Results from laboratory analyses, HIV probably due to dissemination http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Neurologica Belgica Springer Journals

Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

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Biomedicine; Neurosciences; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Medicine/Public Health, general
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Acta Neurol Belg (2019) 119:281–283 DOI 10.1007/s13760-017-0815-6 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis 1 1 • • Sira Carrasco Garcı´a de Leo´n Amalia Herna´ndez Gonza´lez 2 1 Natalia Villasanti Rivas Jose´ Javier Bravo Go´mez Received: 22 March 2017 / Accepted: 10 July 2017 / Published online: 17 July 2017 Belgian Neurological Society 2017 Dear Editor, clonic twitches affecting the right side of his face and compatible with partial motor seizures. A gadolinium Nocardia infections are rare and are typically detected in enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan patients who are immunocompromised [1]. Cerebral revealed a lesion in the left parietal area plus 3–4 satellite nocardiosis is an infrequent condition, and since it rarely lesions. Lesions were nodular in appearance and displayed manifests with symptoms of infection, diagnosis is diffi- ring-shaped contrast enhancement with perilesional cult. We present a case of brain abscess secondary to No- oedema (Fig. 1). A chest radiograph and CT scan cardia infection in an immunocompetent patient with revealed bilateral alveolar-interstitial infiltrates in all lung asymptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), fields (Fig. 2). Results from laboratory analyses, HIV probably due to dissemination

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Acta Neurologica Belgica – Springer Journals

Published: Jul 17, 2017

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