American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 6(56), p. 3438-3440, 2012
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00135-12
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ABSTRACT Cerebral nocardiosis is a severe infection that carries the highest mortality rate among all bacterial cerebral abscesses. We report on a case in an immunocompromised patient which was successfully treated with unexpectedly low doses of linezolid. Therapeutic drug monitoring was very helpful in highlighting issues of poor compliance and of drug-drug interactions.