An immunosuppressed patient with systemic vasculitis suffering from cerebral abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica identified by 16S rRNA gene universal PCR

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2004 Nov;19(11):2896-900. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfh412.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics*
  • Deanol
  • Drug Combinations
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glutamates
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nocardia / genetics
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification*
  • Nocardia Infections / complications*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • Vasculitis

Substances

  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Drug Combinations
  • Glutamates
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Deanol
  • deanol aceglutamate