Nocardia asteroides brain abscesses and meningitis in an immunocompromized 10-year-old child

Emilie Chow Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles

Theodore Moore Pediatric Hematology Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CaliforniaUSA

Jaime Deville Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles

Karin Nielsen Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, From the Mattel Children Hospital at University of California, Los AngelesCorrespondence[email protected]

Abstract

Nocardiosis is an uncommon pediatric infection. We describe the successful treatment of Nocardia brain abscesses and meningitis in an immunocompromized boy with a history of both liver and bone marrow transplants.

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