Primary Cerebral Nocardiosis in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report
Published: October 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.2374
Ragini Tilak , Arvind Achra, Vijai Tilak
1. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.
2. Junior Resident, Department of Microbiology, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Ragini Tilak
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi-221005 India.
Phone: +91 - 9415812317
E-mail: raginijain29@rediffmail.com
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.
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