Nocardial cerebral abscess associated with mycetoma, pneumonia, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.
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.
Elmaci
Ilhan
I
Department of Neurosurgery, Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34730, Turkey.
Senday
Durmus
D
Silav
Gökalp
G
Ekenel
Figen
F
Balak
Naci
N
Ayan
Erdogan
E
Akinci
Murat
M
Isik
Nejat
N
Yazici
Saadet
S
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