2022•PubMedOpen access

Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia asteroides in a Diabetic Patient: A Rare Case Report.

Hossein Ali Rahdar, Hamid Heidari, Morteza Karami-Zarandi, Tahereh Soori, Parisa Asadollahi, Hossein Kazemian

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in a diabetic patient who failed to respond to multiple antibiotics (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and amikacin), but improved by receiving imipenem and linezolid, and was finally successfully treated by surgical operation and long-term antibiotic therapy (imipenem and linezolid).

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Key concepts: Nocardia, Brain abscess, Linezolid, Medicine, Nocardiosis, Abscess, Imipenem, Antibiotics