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Primary Cerebral Nocardiosis in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report
1417-1418
Correspondence
Dr. Ragini Tilak
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi-221005 India.
Phone: +91 - 9415812317
E-mail: raginijain29@rediffmail.com
Nocardial brain abscess is a rare central nervous system infection. A 50 year old renal transplant recipient developed a nocardial cerebral abscess. It manifested clinically with pyrexia of unknown origin, recurrent episodes of convulsions and a right sided hemiparesis. The purulent material was drained and sent to the Microbiology Laboratory for culture and sensitivity studies. Direct microscopy and culture confirmed the diagnosis of nocardial infection.