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Disease Information for Nocardia Brain Abscess
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- Central Facial Paralysis
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Facial weakness/droop, unilateral
- Focal neurologic deficit
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- Hemiplegic Gait
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Clinical pattern; like bacterial abscess in brain but slower growing with more mass effect; seen inAIDs/HIV disease
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