title: Nonsurgical treatment of cerebral nocardiosis.
abstract: In previously healthy, 49-year-old man, CNS infection due to Nocardia asteroides was manifested initially as sterile meningitis and then as a single large brain abscess and was treated successfully with medical therapy alone. Resolution of the brain abscess was documented with serial computed tomographic scans. The strain of N asteroides was sensitive to both sulfisoxazole and ampicillin. Although surgical intervention must always be considered in the treatment of brain abscess caused by N asteroides, medical therapy is preferable if the patient responds initially.
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D013444:Sulfisoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013444:Sulfisoxazole; D000667:Ampicillin