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Case report about cerebral infection with the species Nocardia Brasiliensis in a not immunocompromised host. Diagnosis, treatment and neuroradiological findings are shown and compared with current studies.
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Schmid, A., Traupe, H., Tödt, H.C. et al. Intracerebral Nocardia brasiliensis infection. Neurosurg. Rev. 10, 315–319 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01781959
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