TY - JOUR T1 - Disseminated nocardiosis with cerebral and subcutaneous lesions on low-dose prednisone JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 62 LP - 63 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002038 VL - 19 IS - 1 AU - Kedar R Mahajan Y1 - 2019/02/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/1/62.abstract N2 - This case report is of a septuagenarian man on chronic low-dose prednisone who presented with disseminated nocardiosis (Nocardia cyriacigeorgica) that was initially mistaken for metastatic brain cancer. Neurologists should be aware of the potential for opportunistic infections with steroid use and to consider a definite tissue diagnosis with culture and histopathology prior to treatment. ER -