{
  "abstract": "Brain abscess is rarely caused by coinfection with different pathogens. A middle-aged immunocompetent woman developed right-sided focal motor seizures with Todd’s palsy. Brain imaging identified a frontal ring-enhancing lesion for which she started antitubercular therapy and corticosteroids. However, on tapering the corticosteroids, she developed a right-sided hemiparesis with increased lesion size. Excision biopsy identified coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Aspergillus spp. She recovered well with antitubercular and antifungal agents. Coinfections with multiple pathogens pose diagnostic challenges due to overlapping or non-specific clinical and radiological features. This case underscores the importance of tissue diagnosis to enable appropriate therapy.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Shivam Mirg"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India",
        "Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Jhajjar, India"
      ],
      "name": "Jasmine Parihar"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Deepti Vibha"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neuro Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Ajay Garg"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Gagandeep Singh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Urvashi Singh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "M C Sharma"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Manjari Tripathi"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Brain abscess with concurrent infection: tuberculosis and aspergillosis",
  "uid": "3db7995a-f001-50c5-951e-d0f500d85617"
}