title: Primary cerebral nocardiosis in a renal transplant recipient: a case report.
abstract: Nocardial brain abscess is a rare central nervous system infection. A 50 year old renal transplant recipient developed a nocardial cerebral abscess. It manifested clinically with pyrexia of unknown origin, recurrent episodes of convulsions and a right sided hemiparesis. The purulent material was drained and sent to the Microbiology Laboratory for culture and sensitivity studies. Direct microscopy and culture confirmed the diagnosis of nocardial infection.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor,  Department of Microbiology, IMS, BHU ,  Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: Ragini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tilak
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achra
authors.forename: Vijai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tilak