Multiple Brain Abscesses Caused by Nocardia Beijingensis in a Patient With HIV Infection.

ABSTRACT: The etiologic agents of central nervous system infections in HIV-infected patients comprise a broad range of opportunistic pathogens. We presented a 49-year-old male patient with HIV infection and low adherence to antiretroviral therapy. He presented with multiple cerebral abscesses, and his microbiological diagnosis approach resulted in the isolation of Nocardia beijingensis , a species rarely reported in America. Central nervous system nocardial infection in HIV-infected patients should be considered, and a diagnosis at species level is mandatory because the antibiotic susceptibility profile varies among species.

SUBMITTER: Leon-Tavares DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270086 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature