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A case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia farcinica

European Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Background Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rarely reported and it is usually found in immunocompromised patients. Treatment of Nocardia brain abscess is troublesome and requires consideration of the severity of the underlying systemic disease.
Jiangqin Song, Lian Dong, Yan Ding, Junyang Zhou   +3 more
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A clinical case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a non-immunocompromised patient and a relevant literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rare and usually found in immunocompromised patients. The most common subtype implicated is Nocardia farcinica while brain abscess due to Nocardia brasiliensis is comparatively rare.
Jian-Wei Zhu, Hui Zhou, Wei-Qiang Jia, Jian You, Ru-Xiang Xu   +4 more
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Brain abscess: A narrative review

Neurology Perspectives, 2022
Background: Brain abscess is a severe focal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) with an annual incidence of up to 8% in developing countries. This article aims to present a comprehensive review of the literature on the pathophysiology, clinical
M.A. Ruiz-Barrera, A.F. Santamaría-Rodríguez, O.F. Zorro   +2 more
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A Clinical Report of Two Cases of Cryptogenic Brain Abscess and a Relevant Literature Review

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
Brain abscess, a severe intracranial infectious disease, refers to the parenchyma abscess caused by local infection or remote spread. Recently, advancements in modern medicine, especially the wide application of antimicrobial drugs, have contributed to ...
Wei Zhou, Xuefei Shao, Xiaochun Jiang
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Brain abscess caused by Streptococcus pyogenes with atypical symptoms: a case report and literature review [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Background Streptococcus pyogenes is a common gram-positive bacterium, belonging to group A Streptococcus (GAS), and is responsible for causing a range of clinical conditions.
Chun-Zhen Hua, Zhi-Peng Shen, Ming-Ming Zhou, Can Lai, Guan-Nan Bai, Wei-Zhong Gu, Yong-Ping Xie, Jin-Si Zhou, Wei-Lin Hu, Qiang Shu   +9 more
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Clinical features and prognostic factors in adults with brain abscess.

Brain : a journal of neurology, 2022
Studies on brain abscess are hampered by single-centre design with limited sample size and incomplete follow-up. Thus, robust analyses on clinical prognostic factors remain scarce.
J. Bodilsen, Lærke Storgaard Duerlund, T. Mariager, C. Brandt, P. T. Petersen, L. Larsen, B. Hansen, L. Omland, Malte M. Tetens, L. Wiese, R. L. Jørgensen, S. Leth, H. Nielsen   +12 more
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Nocardia farcinica Brain Abscess in a Multiple Myeloma Patient Treated with Proteasome Inhibitor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Brain Sciences, 2021
Nocardia brain abscess is relatively rare, accounting for about 1–2% of all brain abscesses, and its mortality rate is three times higher than of other types of bacterial brain abscesses; thus, early diagnosis and treatment are essential.
Nengwen Xu, Linjie Li, Wen Lei, Wenbin Qian   +3 more
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Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Patients With Brain Abscess due to Nocardia Species

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Nocardial brain abscesses are rare, and published literature describing brain abscesses due to Nocardia species is limited to individual case reports or small series.
C. Corsini Campioli, Natalia E. Castillo Almeida, J. O’Horo, D. Challener, J. R. Go, D. DeSimone, M. Sohail   +6 more
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Differentiation of Brain Abscess From Cystic Glioma Using Conventional MRI Based on Deep Transfer Learning Features and Hand-Crafted Radiomics Features

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Objectives: To develop and validate the model for distinguishing brain abscess from cystic glioma by combining deep transfer learning (DTL) features and hand-crafted radiomics (HCR) features in conventional T1-weighted imaging (T1WI) and T2-weighted ...
Linlin Bo, Zijian Zhang, Zekun Jiang, Chao Yang, Pu Huang, Tingting Chen, Yifan Wang, Gang Yu, Xiao Tan, Q. Cheng, Dengwang Li, Zhixiong Liu   +11 more
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Clinical characteristics and outcome of primary brain abscess: a retrospective analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Patients with primary brain abscess often present with atypical symptoms, and the outcome varies. We investigated the demographic, laboratory, and neuroimaging features of patients with brain abscess at our hospital and identified factors associated with
Junying Huang, Hai-qin Wu, Hong-hong Huang, Weiqi Wu, Bo Wu, Lingxing Wang   +5 more
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