title: [Brain abscess due to Nocardia cyriacigeorgica simulating an ischemic stroke].
abstract: Nocardia spp. are bacteria often implicated in pulmonary diseases and central nervous system infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report here the case of an immunocompromised woman presenting an insidious brain abcess initially treated as a cerebral stroke. Despite a cotrimoxazole and rifampicin treatment she did not improve. She died 3 month later after she stopped her treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie-hygiène, CHU Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lavalard
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guillard
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baumard
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grillon
authors.forename: Lucien
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brasme
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Nava
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Litré
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delmer
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boiron
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Champs
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Nocardia cyriacigeorgica; Nocardia spp.; brain abscess; nocardiosis