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Abstract Details

Nocardiosis of the Central Nervous System: Brain MR Imaging Finding And Outcome with review of the literature
Infectious Disease
P13 - Poster Session 13 (5:30 PM-6:30 PM)
13-004
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Central nervous system (CNS) nocardiosisis a rare infection; most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. It is a potentially treatable infection.We present a case series of 3 patients from King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC),focusing on the radiological findings of CNS nocardiosisand and the appropriate duration of antibiotics if MRI shows persistence of brain lesions.
We reviewed all patients who were admitted to KFSH&RC,Riyadh, Saudi Arabiafrom January 2000 to December 2018 for CNS nocardiosis. We present a case series of 3 CNS nocardiosis patients and we aim to identify the common presenting clinical and imaging features that may suggest the diagnosis and to study the outcomes of these patients.

We identified 3 patients with confirmed CNS nocardiosis.(2/3) patients had N farcinica and (1/3) patient had N cyriacigeorgica. The mean age was (31.6 years; range, 5–65 years). (2/3) patients presented with acute lung infection and (1/3) patient presented with painful skin nodules. All patients were immunocompromised given their organ transplant history. All patients were on chronic immunosuppressive agents. (2/3) were on prednisone and Tacrolimus and (1/3) on prednisone and Cyclosporine.MRI brain with contrast showed (3/3) supratentorial , grey white matter junctions target like brain abscesses with ring enhancement. (1/3) had deep whit matter abscess ,(1/3) cerebellar abscess,(2/3) had ependymal abscess,(1/3) had leptomeningeal enhancement.All patients were treated with combined regimen, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and Imipenem, for a total period of 12 months with MRI brain follow up, all patients had near resolution of brain lesions.

CNS nocardiosis was observed only in immunocompromised patients with history of organ transplantation, all of the patients treated with TMP-SMX for more than 12 months, imaged based duration with significant recovery and no relapse.Brain MRI findings mainly showed grey white matter junction ring enhancing lesions with ependymal abscess and leptomeningeal enhancement,These findings may be helpful in diagnosing CNS nocardiosis.

 

Authors/Disclosures
Waad Alshammari, MBBS (KFSHRC)
PRESENTER
Dr. Alshammari has nothing to disclose.