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Volume 23, Issue 3

Case Report

Nocardia Brain Abscess in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Ersin Vanlı
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Uluhan Sili
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Neşe Saltoğlu
Affiliations
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Bilgül Mete
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Reşat Özaras
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Ali Mert
Affiliations
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Fehmi Tabak
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Ayşe Nur Hondur
Affiliations
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Mehmet Yaşar Kaynar
Affiliations
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroşirürji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Zehra Işık Haşıloğlu
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Recep Öztürk
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  • İstanbul Üniversitesi, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
  • brain abscess
  • drug therapy
  • immunocompromised host
  • Nocardia

Abstract

Brain abscess due to Nocardia infection is an acute medical emergency among immunocompromised patients. Delayed identification of the bacteria is responsible for the high mortality rate. It may be confused with intracranial tumors and requires long-term antibiotic therapy after drainage. We report a case of Nocardia cerebral abscess in an immunocompromised patient. He was given steroids for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and developed suspected pulmonary nocardiosis. Then he developed a cerebral abscess due to Nocardia and was treated with surgery and long-term antimicrobial treatment.

  • 134-137
  • 10.5152/kd.2010.35
  • July 23, 2019
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