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- Title
Successful medical treatment of multiple brain abscesses due to Nocardia farcinica in a paediatric renal transplant recipient.
- Authors
Viganò, Sara Maria; Edefonti, Alberto; Ferraresso, Mariano; Ranzi, Maria Luisa; Grossi, Paolo; Righini, Andrea; Rusconi, Roberto; Santambrogio, Luigi; Ghio, Luciana
- Abstract
Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia are rare, but it is very important to detect and treat them early because the associated mortality is 3 times higher than that associated with other bacterial brain abscesses. This infection is prevalent among adults on long-term immunosuppressive therapy; we report the case of a male kidney transplant recipient aged 12.7 years who developed early multiple Nocardia-induced brain abscesses that were successfully treated with linezolid, a novel antibiotic therapy.
- Subjects
KIDNEY transplantation; THERAPEUTICS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; NOCARDIA; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 8, p1186
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-005-1978-6