Ann Lab Med.  2017 Sep;37(5):459-461. 10.3343/alm.2017.37.5.459.

Multiple Brain Abscesses Caused by Nocardia asiatica in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The First Case Report and Literature Review

• Jeong JH
• Moon SM
• Park PW
• Ahn JY
• Kim KH
• Seo JY
• Lee HT
• Jae KW
• Seo YH

• KMID: 2383927
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2017.37.5.459

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Brain Abscess*
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*
Nocardia*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Brain infection from Nocardia asiatica. (A) Brain magnetic resonance images; multiple peripheral enhancing lesions with diffusion restriction in bilateral cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres, suggestive of abscess, (B) microscopic morphology of filamentous, branching, gram-positive bacilli in abscess aspirates, (C) colony morphology on a blood agar plate, (D) Gram stain of a cultured colony and (E) modified acid fast bacilli stain of a cultured colony.

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