Nocardia farcinica jako původce abscesu mozku u pacienta s intersticiálním onemocněním plic

• Title in English: Nocardia farcinica as the causative agent of a brain abscess in a patient with interstitial lung disease
• Authors: SCHARFEN J.; MORÁVKOVÁ M.; BUNČEK M.; HOBZA V.; PLÍŠEK S.; URBÁŠKOVÁ P.; SEDLÁČEK Ivo; ŽEMLIČKOVÁ H.; STÁRKOVÁ H.; PATEROVÁ P.
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Microbiology, virology
• Keywords: Nocardia farcinica - brain abscess - polyphasic identification - 16S rRNA - resistance phenotype
• Description: Nocardia farcinica is among the three most frequently isolated Nocardia species in Europe as well as in the Czech Republic. This case report describes a protocol for the identification of the causative agent of nocardiosis in a patient with brain abscess, antibiotic susceptibility testing and etiological treatment after neurosurgery.

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