CNS: Brain Abscess and Actinomyces Epidemiology

Lobar pneumonia: sub acute onset of cough with thick, purulent sputum, slow progression, chest pain, fever, weight loss

Pulmonary Nocardiosis presents with sub acute onset of cough with thick, purulent sputum, slow progression, chest pain, fever, and weight loss, which can be mistaken for malignancy or TB.

Symptoms may include dissemination to adjacent tissues, presenting as a disseminated infection.

<p>Sub-acute onset of cough with thick, purulent sputum, slow progression, chest pain, fever, and weight loss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subcutaneous nodular swelling</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feet, hands, and adjacent bones</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gram's stain, culture and identification</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cervicofacial disease; painless, slow growing, hard mass, swollen, erythematous process in the jaw area</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nocardia is everywhere in the environment and can cause human infection through trauma, direct inoculation, and inhalation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thoracic or sometimes IUDs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rare</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thoracic</p> Signup and view all the answers