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An 80-year-old immunocompromised man presented to the emergency department with confusion. He later became obtunded, and magnetic resonance imaging of the head revealed ring-enhancing lesions. A cerebrospinal fluid culture grew Nocardia farcinica.

Yi-Wei Lee, M.D.
Hsin-Yi Liu, M.D.
Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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