Nocardiosis: intracranial abscess

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Nocardiosis: intracranial abscess. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This is a coronal section of the temporal lobe of the brain from an HIV-positive adult with nocardiosis. It shows a yellow 1 cm nodule (arrowed) due to an abscess of nocardiosis which has spread in the blood stream (haematogenously) from the lung.

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