title: Nocardial cerebral abscess associated with mycetoma, pneumonia, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Nocardial brain abscesses remain a clinical challenge. We successfully treated a patient with nocardial brain abscess, mycetoma, pneumonia, and glomerulonephritis. Nocardial soft tissue involvement, mycetoma, is well known. However, the fact that actinomycetoma can metastasize may not be as well appreciated. The association between nocardiosis and glomerulonephritis should be better clarified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34730, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elmaci
authors.forename: Durmus
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Senday
authors.forename: Gökalp
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silav
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ekenel
authors.forename: Naci
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balak
authors.forename: Erdogan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Nejat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isik
authors.forename: Saadet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yazici
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000382:microbiology*; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009616:Nocardia asteroides / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography