Nocardia brain abscess in a patient treated with everolimus for a metastatic insulinoma

J Clin Oncol. 2013 Feb 20;31(6):e73-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.42.1982. Epub 2012 Nov 26.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Abscess / complications
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Everolimus
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Insulinoma / complications
  • Insulinoma / drug therapy*
  • Insulinoma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Nocardia / drug effects
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification
  • Nocardia Infections / complications
  • Nocardia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nocardia Infections / drug therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sirolimus / analogs & derivatives*
  • Sirolimus / therapeutic use
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
  • Everolimus
  • Sirolimus