1Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman
2Department of Microbiology, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman
3Department of Neuroradiology, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2021,
Vol. 9 No. 5, 295-297
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-5-9
Copyright © 2021 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Neeraj Salhotra, Mahmood Al Hattali, Livingston C., Nawal Al Kindy, Amal Al Jabri, Jospaul Lukas, Kauther Al Zakwani, Yasir Ahmad Fouad Al-jubouri. Intracranial Nocardiosis a Rare Condition: A Case Report.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(5):295-297. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-5-9.
Correspondence to: Neeraj Salhotra, Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman. Email:
neersal@hotmail.comAbstract
Cerebral Nocardiosis is a rare, challenging, opportunistic infectious disease of the central nervous system occurring in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. It often results in intraparenchymal abscess formation, which represents only 2% of all cerebral abscesses. The diagnosis of cerebral Nocardiosis is seldom based on imaging. Bacteriological diagnosis is often reached only after surgical excision of the abscess. We herewith reports 37 yr old patient with cerebellar abscess which grew nocardia.
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