Prolonged Unconsciousness in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease

Abstract

Patients with End-stage Renal Disease being immunocompromised; are prone to a variety of infections, sometimes, rare ones, more than the general population. This fact should alert the physicians to be more vigilant and have a broader scope when considering the etiology of infections in such patients. We report the case of a 65-year-old man who had a very stormy hospital stay secondary to cerebral nocardiosis with multiple brain abscesses, prolonged unconsciousness and neurological deficits. However, the patient was treated successfully, surgically and chemotherapeutically. He was discharged home in a good condition.

Keywords

• End stage renal disease
• Hemodialysis
• Nocardiosis
• Immunocompromised
• Infection
• Biocompatible Membrane.