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Nocardia brain abscess in a liver transplant recipient. 2011

Jung Hyeon Moon, and Won-Sang Cho, and Hyun-Seung Kang, and Jeong Eun Kim

Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Nocardia brain abscess is rare. We report on a unique case of N. farcinica brain abscess in a liver transplant recipient, following Aspergillus fumigatus pneumonia. A 43-year-old liver transplant recipient presented with altered mentality at 2 months after A. fumigates pneumonia. He was successfully treated with surgical removal and antibiotic therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ceftriaxone.

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