Intracranial Nocardiosis a Rare Condition: A Case Report

Neeraj Salhotra^1, , Mahmood Al Hattali¹, Livingston C.¹, Nawal Al Kindy², Amal Al Jabri², Jospaul Lukas³, Kauther Al Zakwani¹ and Yasir Ahmad Fouad Al-jubouri¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

²Department of Microbiology, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

³Department of Neuroradiology, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

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Neeraj Salhotra, Mahmood Al Hattali, Livingston C., Nawal Al Kindy, Amal Al Jabri, Jospaul Lukas, Kauther Al Zakwani and 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

Abstract

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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