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https://read.qxmd.com/read/28795545/-brain-abcesses-associated-with-a-systemic-infection-by-nocardia-farcinica
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E Delvenne, F Farnir, J Guiot, J-B Giot, C Von Frenckell
The prevalence of nocardia infections is increasing because of both improved detection laboratory techniques and a higher number of immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a patient with brain abcesses resulting from nocardia farcinica cerebral dissemination associated with lung infection, endocarditis and ocular lesions for which we suspected a similar origin. This case gives the opportunity to discuss the main issues of these infections and the current therapeutic guidelines.
July 2017: Revue Médicale de Liège
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28451018/infective-endocarditis-in-principal-hospital-of-dakar-a-retrospective-study-of-42-cases-over-10-years
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Djibril Marie Ba, Mouhamed Cherif Mboup, Nafissatou Zeba, Khadidiatou Dia, Awa Ndaw Fall, Fatou Fall, Pape Diadie Fall, Sara Boury Gning
Infective Endocarditis (IE) is an endocardial infection usually caused by bacteria that affects not only the native heart valves but also, with increasing frequency intravascular implanted devices and congenital heart diseases. Despite medical advances, IE remains a life-threatening disease with substantial morbidity and mortality. In Africa, its diagnosis and treatment are still a major challenge in clinical practice. The objective of this work was to study the epidemiological, clinical features, diagnostic techniques currently used in medical practice and the range of micro-organisms that are responsible...
2017: Pan African Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/23747674/-brain-abscess-due-to-nocardia-cyriacigeorgica-simulating-an-ischemic-stroke
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emmanuelle Lavalard, Thomas Guillard, Sonia Baumard, Antoine Grillon, Lucien Brasme, Verónica Rodríguez-Nava, Fabien Litré, Alain Delmer, Patrick Boiron, Christophe de Champs
Nocardia spp. are bacteria often implicated in pulmonary diseases and central nervous system infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report here the case of an immunocompromised woman presenting an insidious brain abcess initially treated as a cerebral stroke. Despite a cotrimoxazole and rifampicin treatment she did not improve. She died 3 month later after she stopped her treatment.
May 2013: Annales de Biologie Clinique
https://read.qxmd.com/read/18545797/mesencephalic-tuberculous-abcess-in-a-patient-with-aids
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Stélio da Conceição Araújo-Filho, Laerte Maia, Harley Brito da Silva, João Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, Lucas Alverne Freitas de Albuquerque
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
June 2008: Arquivos de Neuro-psiquiatria
https://read.qxmd.com/read/18395304/-potential-nosocomial-disseminated-infection-due-to-nocardia-asteroides-after-a-prosthesis-insertion-in-an-immunocompetent-patient
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
N Mrozek, S Hamizi, F Gourdon, H Laurichesse, J Beytout, O Lesens
Nocardia infections are rare and usually occurred in immunocompromised patients with systemic dissemination from a lung infection. We report a case of an immunocompetent patient in whom Nocardia asteroides had cause psoas and cerebral abcess without pulmonary infection, a short period after a hip prosthesis insertion. The clinical history is highly suggestive of a hospital-acquired infection.
December 2008: La Revue de Médecine Interne
https://read.qxmd.com/read/17296309/cerebral-abscess-of-odontogenic-origin
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anastassios I Mylonas, Fotios H Tzerbos, Maria Mihalaki, Dimitrios Rologis, Iossif Boutsikakis
INTRODUCTION: Cerebral abscess is a rare but serious and life-threatening infection. Dental infections have occasionally been reported as the source of bacteria for such an abcess. PATIENT AND METHODS: A 54-year-old man was admitted with a right hemiparesis and epileptic fits. After clinical, laboratory and imaging examination, the diagnosis of a cerebral abscess of the left parietal lobe was made. The intraoral clinical examination as well as a panoramic radiograph confirmed the presence of generalized periodontal disease, multiple dental caries, and periapical pathology...
January 2007: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/16549189/evaluation-of-neurologic-complications-by-brain-mri-in-kidney-and-liver-transplant-recipients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A M Agildere, C Başaran, B Cakir, E Ozgül, F Kural, M Haberal
The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients who developed neurologic complications after liver and kidney transplantation. The results in 216 organ transplant recipients, who had brain MRI were evaluated retrospectively. We performed 187 brain MRI on kidney recipients and 29 liver recipients. Neuroradiologic findings were classified in three groups: group 1 findings were related to transplantation; group 2 findings, to chronic parenchymal disease; and group 3 to neither transplantation nor chronic parenchymal disease...
March 2006: Transplantation Proceedings
https://read.qxmd.com/read/14978415/-neurobrucellosis-clinical-features-and-therapeutic-responses-in-15-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
S Koussa, A Tohmé, E Ghayad, R Nasnas, K El Kallab, R Chemaly
We report a retrospective analysis of 15 cases of neurobrucellosis. Initial clinical manifestations consisted of meningoencephalitis in 5 patients, acute and subacute meningitis in 4, intracranial hypertension in 2, polyradiculoneuritis with albumin-cell dissociation in 2 (one with cerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage), and transverse myelitis and lumbar epidural abcess with root involvement in 1 each. Cranial nerve involvement was noted in 5 patients. Fever was absent in 3. Transient clinical manifestations mimicking transient ischemic attacks were noted in 3 patients...
December 2003: Revue Neurologique
https://read.qxmd.com/read/12650890/-neuroradiologic-manifestations-of-central-nervous-system-tuberculosis-in-122-adults
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
B Kilani, L Ammari, H Tiouiri, A Goubontini, F Kanoun, F Zouiten, T-B Chaabène
PURPOSE: Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis remains a public health problem, particularly in developing countries. The aim of this study is to characterize neuroradiologic findings of various intracranial lesions. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data of 122 patients with CNS tuberculosis, without immunosuppression. CT scan was performed in all patients, whereas 17 patients had CT scan and MRI. RESULTS: We included 74 women (61%) and 48 men (39%) with a mean age of 37 years (17 -88y)...
February 2003: La Revue de Médecine Interne
https://read.qxmd.com/read/12650889/-central-nervous-tuberculosis-in-patients-non-vih-seven-case-reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
K Mazodier, E Bernit, V Faure, C Rovery, S Gayet, V Seux, A Donnet, P Brouqui, P Disdier, N Schleinitz, G Kaplanski, V Veit, J-R Harlé
PURPOSE: Tuberculosis involving the central nervous system (CNS) is rarely observed in non immuno-compromised hosts. We report herin the various clinical, biological and radiological manifestations observed in 7 patients with CNS tuberculosis. METHODS: Clinical and biological records of 7 patients with CNS tuberculosis were retrospectively studied. All patients had encephalic CT-scan and MRI in the course of the disease. RESULTS: 5 women and 2 men with a mean age of 38...
February 2003: La Revue de Médecine Interne
https://read.qxmd.com/read/10318721/proton-mr-spectroscopy-of-the-brain
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REVIEW
S D Rand, R Prost, S J Li
Over the past five decades, MR spectroscopy has evolved from an analytical chemistry tool to a noninvasive clinical examination on FDA approved equipment with an AMA billing code. While proton MR spectroscopy has dominated current clinical studies, interest in other nucleii has arisen, particularly P-31 for the evaluation of membrane lipids, and C-13 for the evaluation of glutamate neurotransmission and excitotoxicity. Currently, the most common neuroradiological diagnostic indication is the differentation of suspected cerebral neoplasms for post-treatment effects, abcesses, subacute infarcts, demyelinating disease, and other non-neoplastic processes...
May 1999: Neuroimaging Clinics of North America
https://read.qxmd.com/read/9033951/-central-nervous-system-infections-in-patients-with-malignant-diseases
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REVIEW
A F Carpentier, L Bernard, M Poisson, J Y Delattre
Infections of the nervous system remain a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. This paper reviews the main pathogens and emphasizes some of the principles of diagnosis and management of nervous system infections in cancer patients. Due to immunosuppression, diagnosis is more difficult in this group, secondary to the multitude of potential pathogens, and often by their atypical presentations. Fever or headache are often the only symptoms. Clinical history and general examination should guide appropriate studies such as neuroimaging...
October 1996: Revue Neurologique
https://read.qxmd.com/read/7861364/-diffuse-toxoplasmic-encephalitis-in-a-non-immunosuppressed-patient
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
J Lescop, L Brinquin, H Schill, D Soulié, J L Sarrazin, Y S Cordoliani
Diffuse encephalitic toxoplasmosis is an unusual presentation of toxoplasmosis, in which neuroradiological investigations may not show focal abcesses. Until now it was only reported in immunocompromised patients. In immunocompetent patients, cerebral toxoplasmosis is very unusual, and appears as multiple abcesses, like the classic form in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent patient who presented a diffuse encephalitic toxoplasmosis; CT and MR examinations showed only nonspecific features of brain swelling and cortical infarct due to vasculitis...
January 1995: Journal de Radiologie
https://read.qxmd.com/read/7422119/multiple-cerebral-hematoma-and-viral-encephalitis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
D Zegers de Beyl, J Noterman, A Martelart, J Flament-Durand, D Baleriaux
A patient with the clinical diagnosis of brain abcess presented with a CT brain scan showing an intracerebral hematoma. Subsequently bilateral spontaneous hyperdense lesions appeared. Autopsy showed the typical findings of viral encephalitis probably due to herpes simplex. It is stressed that the differential diagnosis of intracerebral hematoma includes viral encephalitis in the proper clinical setting.
August 1980: Neuroradiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/6602026/citrobacter-ventriculitis-in-a-neonate-responsive-to-trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G R Greene, L Heitlinger, J D Madden
There are increasing reports of citrobacter central nervous system infections in neonates. These organisms cause brain abcesses in a high percentage of patients. They may be resistant to commonly used antibiotics. We report a term male infant with underlying meningo-myelocoele and hydrocephalus in whom Citrobacter diversus meningitis and ventriculitis developed. Initial antibiotic therapy including intraventricular amikacin failed to sterilize the ventricles or alter a deteriorating clinical course. Adding intravenous trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to the therapeutic regimen resulted in reversal of a progressively worsening condition and eventual recovery...
July 1983: Clinical Pediatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/1217771/-infectious-endocarditis-in-a-neurosurgical-unit
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
S Dally, L Michat, J F Foncin
Clinico-pathological study of 15 cases of cerebral complications of bacterial endocarditis referred to a neurosurgical unit for suspected cerebral abcess. In all cases but one, cerebral symptoms appeared with the cardiac condition undiagnosed, and complete diagnosis was made only at autopsy. Cerebral lesions consisted mainly in focal softening due to embolisms, generally multiple, with in about half the cases histological manifestations of bacterial seeding, without any abcess such as could be amenable to neurosurgical treatment...
August 1975: Annales de Médecine Interne
https://read.qxmd.com/read/1186944/-space-occupying-lesions-of-the-occupital-lobe-of-the-cerebral-cortex
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G Lehmann, J Bremond, C Rabaud, J E Paillas
The authors report 90 cases of space occupying lesions originating in the occipital lobe, including 58 primary (26 malignant gliomas, II "benign" gliomas, 19 meningiomas, I sarcoma nad I hémangioblastoma (and 32 secondary masses (i. e. 16 metastatic tumors, 15 abcesses and I hydatid cyst). The onset of clinical features was progressive (gradual increase of intracranial pressure : 59 p. 100) rather than acute (41 p. 100 mostly as a visual (II) or a non visual (10) epileptic seizure). The time elapsed between the first symptom and the surgical procedure in any case appeared to be much shorter than in masses with other hemispheric localisation...
January 1975: Neuro-Chirurgie
https://read.qxmd.com/read/983308/-clinical-picture-of-single-and-multiple-rhinogenic-brain-abscesses
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
L K Krivakova, V P Bondar'
The authors examined 11 patients with rhinogenous abscesses of the brain aged from 2 to 45, 5 of them with multiple abscesses. According to their data the infection penetrated into the cranial cavity by two principal ways, namely, contactual (in 2 patients) and hematogenous via venous passages (in 4 patients). Contactual cerebral abscesses of rhinogenous genesis more frequently appear during frontitis, have a lingering chronic course and localize at the pole of the frontal lobe. Clinically they manifest themselves by focal and total cerebral symptoms including craniographic changes of hypertensive character...
July 1976: Zhurnal Ushnykh, Nosovykh i Gorlovykh Bolezneĭ, the Journal of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngologie [sic]
https://read.qxmd.com/read/854681/-encephalitis-during-mycotic-dissemination-in-a-patient-clinical-and-post-mortem-findings-author-s-transl
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G P Pizzolato, G Di Trapani, L Polonnelli
A case of disseminated mycosis with encephalitis unobserved in life is reported. A mycosis infection ought always be taken into consideration every time that a clinical impression of encephalitis, meningitis or cerebral abcess is reached. Criptococcosis, Histoplasmosis and Candidiasis may present as a meningitis, which the Nocardiasis and the Cladosporosis may appear as an intracranial abscess in the absence of significant lesions of other organs. Many deep mycosis prove to have characteristic lesions in other organs before affecting the Central Nervous System...
February 1977: Rivista di Patologia Nervosa e Mentale
https://read.qxmd.com/read/846647/computed-tomography-in-the-diagnosis-of-cerebral-abscess
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
H Nielsen, C Gyldensted
Computed tomography (CT) was performed 64 times on 22 patients with cerebral abcesses, using the 160 X 160 matrix EMI scanner. The diagnosis was based upon the demonstration of a localized low-attenuation area appearing, after the administration of contrast medium, as a high-attenuation annular rim ascribed to displaced and/or newly formed vessels, the so-called abscess membrane. CT is compared with the conventional diagnostic methods of neuroradiology. The differential diagnostic accuracy of CT is clearly superior to that of previous methods, including angiography, which, until now, we have considered the most accurate method...
1977: Neuroradiology
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