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

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

Authors

Ji Hun Jeong¹, Song Mi Moon², Pil Whan Park¹, Jeong Yeal Ahn¹, Kyung Hee Kim¹, Ja Young Seo¹, Hwan Tae Lee¹, Kwoun Woo Jae¹, Yiel Hea Seo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
² Department of Infectious Disease, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. seoyh@gilhospital.com.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / microbiology
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / drug therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Nocardia / genetics
Nocardia / isolation & purification*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / isolation & purification
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / metabolism
Steroids / therapeutic use
Thrombocytopenia / etiology

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Steroids