21 October 2022
: Case report
Brain Abscesses Caused by Nocardia farcinica in a 44-Year Old Woman with Multiple Myeloma: A Rare Case and Review of the Literature
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Khaled Sayer1ABCDEFG, Yousef A.I. AbouseduDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937952
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937952
Table 1. Susceptibility of Nocardia farcinica isolate to different antimicrobials.
| Antimicrobials | Susceptibility result |
|---|---|
| Ampicillin | R |
| Amikacin | S |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | S |
| Meropenem | S |
| Ciprofloxacin | S |
| Clarithromycin | R |
| Gentamicin | S |
| Ceftriaxone | R |
| Linezolid | S |
| Minocycline | S |
| Vancomycin | S |
| Piperacillin-tazobactam | R |
| S – sensitive; R – resistant. | |






