NOCARDIA BEIJINGENSIS BRAIN ABSCESS IN AN HIV INFECTED PATIENT: A FIRST CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2016 Sep;47(5):1020-5.

Abstract

We report here brain abscesses caused by Nocardia beijingensis in a 59-year-old-Thai male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presenting with progressive right sided hemiparesis. A computed tomography scan of the brain showed multiple brain abscesses. A stereotactic brain biopsy and 16S rRNA sequencing showed Nocardia beijingensis. The patient was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and recovered completely. As far as we are aware, this is the first reported case of a brain abscess in an HIV infected patient due to Nocardia beijingensis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / etiology
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nocardia / classification*
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification
  • Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
  • Nocardia Infections / microbiology*
  • Nocardia Infections / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents