A Case of Nocardia farcinica Brain Abscess in a Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Patient after Steroid Treatment.
- Author:
Seung Tae HAN
1
;
Young Sub KIM
;
Shin Han SONG
;
Young UH
;
Byoung Geun HAN
;
Seung Ok CHOI
;
Jae Won YANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea. kidney74@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nocardia infections;
Brain abscess;
Steroids
- MeSH:
Brain;
Brain Abscess;
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental;
HIV Infections;
Humans;
Nocardia;
Nocardia Infections;
Organ Transplantation;
Steroids;
Transplants
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2011;30(1):98-101
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Nocardia is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause disseminated disease in serious immunosuppressive patients with organ transplantation, advanced HIV infection, malignancy or long-term corticosteroid use. Cerebral nocardiosis constitutes the most severe form of Nocardial infection. Early detection and treatment of cerebral abscess of Nocardia is important because the mortality is three times higher than that of other bacterial cerebral abscesses. We report a case of N. farcinica brain abscess in a focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) patient after steroid treatment.
