Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3348586 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We describe a case of culture-negative cerebral nocardiosis in a 34-year-old immunocompetent man who presented multiple cerebral abscesses. All bacteriologic cultures were negative. Nocardiosis was diagnosed by using a direct genus-specific 16S rDNA amplification method, and Nocardia abscessus was identified by hsp65 sequence analysis. The patient is alive and well on imipenem and doxycycline therapy, 14 months after onset.
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Authors
Hélène Marchandin, Aurélia Eden, Hélène Jean-Pierre, Jacques Reynes, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, Patrick Boiron, Frédéric Laurent,