[Nocardia farcinica brain abscess associated with a pulmonary embolism in an immunocompetent patient].

Introduction: Nocardiosis is a rare, generally systemic infection that occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Nocardia farcinica primary brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient, unusually associated with a pulmonary embolism.

Observation: A 62 year-old woman without medical past was hospitalised because of a Bravais-Jacksonian type of seizure.