Document Type
Report
Publication Date
8-12-2022
Abstract
This case report examines a previously immunocompetent male that was treated with a prolonged course of corticosteroids for COVID pneumonia. He then returned with worsening headaches followed by flaccid paralysis of extremities due to cerebral and spinal cord abscesses secondary to Nocardia farcinica. A review of the literature on the mechanism of immunosuppression with COVID infection and corticosteroids is provided.
Recommended Citation
DiMeglio, Matthew; Shaikh, Hamadullah; Newman, Jennifer; and Vazsquez-Rubio, Gustavo, "Nocardiosis of the Central Nervous System: A rare complication of COVID management?" (2022). Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 13.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/didem/13
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Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in IDCases, Volume 29, August 2022, Article number e01599.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01599
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-
nc-nd/4.0/).