Abstract

VALLEJOS, Maisa et al. Multiple brain abscesses to Nocardia spp. Case report. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. [online]. 2024, vol.19, n.1, pp.49-54. ISSN 1996-3696.  https://doi.org/10.18004/imt/2024.19.1.49.

Brain abscess is a localized infection, a collection of purulent material in the brain parenchyma, which can arise as a complication of another infection or from trauma or surgery. Infection by Nocardia spp. is uncommon in patients without immunocompromised, being considered an opportunistic agent. We present a case of a 51-year-old patient, previously healthy, who consulted for an insidious picture of holocranial headache of months of evolution, in addition to generalized tonic-clonic seizures, with persistent feverish peaks, in whom multiple abscesses were diagnosed in the central nervous system to an infrequent germ, such as Nocardia spp.

Keywords : brain abscess; Nocardia; Central Nervous System.

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