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Axial brain CT scan post-contrast medium administration. Images obtained before therapy show two ring-enhancing lesions with abundant peripheral oedema in right parietal lobe (a) and one in left parietal lobe at the vertex (b). Images obtained after therapy (c,d) show the complete resolution of the lesions.
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A brain CT scan (Figure 1) with contrast medium showed 6 focal ring-enhancing lesions of which the largest one had a maximum diameter of 16 mm (left occipital lobe). The brain CT-scan monitoring showed a progressive reduction of all cerebral lesions (Figure 1).
Whitish chalky colonies of N. paucivorans yielded on blood agar.
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All whitish, chalky and wet hay-smelling colonies (Figure 2) yielded on blood agar were stained by partial acid-fast method according to Kinyoun technique modified for nocardioforms (Figure 3).
N. paucivorans hyphae. Staining by partial acid-fast method according to Kinyoun technique modified for nocardioforms. The vegetative hyphae are well developed with irregular branches.
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All whitish, chalky and wet hay-smelling colonies (Figure 2) yielded on blood agar were stained by partial acid-fast method according to Kinyoun technique modified for nocardioforms (Figure 3).