Immunocompetent patient with a brain abscess caused by Nocardia beijingensis in Latin America: A case report

Keyphrases

• Latin America (LATAM) 100%
• Immunocompromised Patients 100%
• Nocardia 100%
• Brain Abscess 100%
• Nocardia Beijingensis 100%
• Opportunistic Pathogens 50%
• Etiological Agents 50%
• Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) 50%
• Older Patients 50%
• Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) 50%
• Immunocompetent Individual 50%
• Hsp65 50%
• Patient Death 50%
• 16S-23S rRNA Gene 50%
• Amikacin 50%
• Intergenic Spacer 50%
• Infected Cases 50%
• Nocardia Species 50%
• Meropenem 50%
• Central Nervous System Infections 50%
• Recurrent Headache 50%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Nocardia 100%
• Brain Abscess 100%
• Infection 40%
• Central Nervous System 20%
• Headache 20%
• Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole 20%
• Pathogen 20%
• Spacer DNA 20%
• Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry 20%
• Amikacin 20%
• Meropenem 20%
• RNA 23S 20%
• Heat Shock Protein 65 20%