title: Intracerebral Nocardia asteroides abscess treated by neurosurgical aspiration and combined therapy with sulfadiazine and cefotaxime.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Frénay
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Vandertop
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Visser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction; D013411:Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013411:Sulfadiazine; D002439:Cefotaxime