CNS nocardiosis: response to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim.
Two patients with neurologic nocardiosis are described. Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim therapy was successfully used in a patient with Nocardia meningitis and in a patient with multiple Nocardia brain abscesses.
D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole