Intracerebral Nocardia asteroides abscess treated by neurosurgical aspiration and combined therapy with sulfadiazine and cefotaxime

C Jansen, H M Frénay, W P Vandertop, M R Visser

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Abstract

We present a patient with a Nocardia brain abscess who failed to respond to repeated neurosurgical aspiration in combination with sulfadiazine therapy but improved after additional treatment with cefotaxime.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-5
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume93
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 1991

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