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Clinical features and prognostic factors in adults with brain abscess.

Brain : a journal of neurology, 2022
Studies on brain abscess are hampered by single-centre design with limited sample size and incomplete follow-up. Thus, robust analyses on clinical prognostic factors remain scarce.
J. Bodilsen, Lærke Storgaard Duerlund, T. Mariager, C. Brandt, P. T. Petersen, L. Larsen, B. Hansen, L. Omland, Malte M. Tetens, L. Wiese, R. L. Jørgensen, S. Leth, H. Nielsen   +12 more
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Nocardia farcinica Brain Abscess in a Multiple Myeloma Patient Treated with Proteasome Inhibitor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Brain Sciences, 2021
Nocardia brain abscess is relatively rare, accounting for about 1–2% of all brain abscesses, and its mortality rate is three times higher than of other types of bacterial brain abscesses; thus, early diagnosis and treatment are essential.
Nengwen Xu, Linjie Li, Wen Lei, Wenbin Qian   +3 more
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Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Patients With Brain Abscess due to Nocardia Species

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Nocardial brain abscesses are rare, and published literature describing brain abscesses due to Nocardia species is limited to individual case reports or small series.
C. Corsini Campioli, Natalia E. Castillo Almeida, J. O’Horo, D. Challener, J. R. Go, D. DeSimone, M. Sohail   +6 more
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Differentiation of Brain Abscess From Cystic Glioma Using Conventional MRI Based on Deep Transfer Learning Features and Hand-Crafted Radiomics Features

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Objectives: To develop and validate the model for distinguishing brain abscess from cystic glioma by combining deep transfer learning (DTL) features and hand-crafted radiomics (HCR) features in conventional T1-weighted imaging (T1WI) and T2-weighted ...
Linlin Bo, Zijian Zhang, Zekun Jiang, Chao Yang, Pu Huang, Tingting Chen, Yifan Wang, Gang Yu, Xiao Tan, Q. Cheng, Dengwang Li, Zhixiong Liu   +11 more
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Brain abscess caused by trauma of the rhinobasis: an endoscopic challenge [PDF]

, 2023
Brain abscess is a rare but life-threatening infection of the brain. It often occurs as a complication of infection, trauma, or surgery. This case presents a brain abscess in a 22-month-old boy that developed after a transnasal injury with a foreign body.
Barzó Pál, Bella Zsolt, Bere Zsofia, Czimbalmos Lorand Imre, Fulop Bela, Gal Peter, Rideg Zoltan, Vass Gabor   +7 more
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Incidence and Predisposing factors of Brain Abscess in Children at a Tertiary Care Center Dera Ghazi Khan [PDF]

, 2021
Objective:  A cross sectional study was aimed to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of brain abscess in children. Material and Methods:  The study was conducted in the departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Surgery,
Asif Qureshi, Muhammad, Shahid Bokhari, Syed   +1 more
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Interpretation of Brain Abscess Through: A Systematic Review Using the Prism 2020 Methodology [PDF]

, 2023
A brain abscess is an accumulation of infected material, such as pus and necrotic tissue, in the brain. It can occur due to bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infections in the body that spread to the brain.
Padilla, Piedad Elizabeth Acurio, Paredes, Gabriela Alexandra Villacis, Pullutacsi, Karen Daniela Salazar   +2 more
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Sintilimab versus docetaxel as second‐line treatment in advanced or metastatic squamous non‐small‐cell lung cancer: an open‐label, randomized controlled phase 3 trial (ORIENT‐3)

Cancer Communications, Volume 42, Issue 12, Page 1314-1330, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background Treatment options for Chinese patients with locally advanced or metastatic squamous‐cell non‐small‐cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC) after failure of first‐line chemotherapy are limited. This study (ORIENT‐3) aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sintilimab versus docetaxel as second‐line treatment in patients with locally advanced ...
Yuankai Shi, Lin Wu, Xinmin Yu, Puyuan Xing, Yan Wang, Jianying Zhou, Airong Wang, Jianhua Shi, Yi Hu, Ziping Wang, Guangyu An, Yong Fang, Sanyuan Sun, Caicun Zhou, Changli Wang, Feng Ye, Xingya Li, Junye Wang, Mengzhao Wang, Yunpeng Liu, Yanqiu Zhao, Ying Yuan, Jifeng Feng, Zhendong Chen, Jindong Shi, Tao Sun, Gang Wu, Yongqian Shu, Qisen Guo, Yi Zhang, Yong Song, Shucai Zhang, Yuan Chen, Wei Li, Hongrui Niu, Wenwei Hu, Lijun Wang, Jianan Huang, Yang Zhang, Ying Cheng, Zhengdong Wu, Bo Peng, Jiya Sun, Christoph Mancao, Yanqi Wang, Luyao Sun   +45 more
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Case Report: Management of Chronic Supurative Otitis Media Cholesteatoma Type with Recurrent Brain Abscess Complication

Journal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2022
Introduction: Chronic suppurative otitis media is broadly defined as chronic inflammation that involved mucose of middle ear and mastoid air cells.
Khairani Ayunanda Ikhlas, Yan Edward
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Testing for selection bias and moral hazard in private health insurance: Evidence from a mixed public‐private health system

Health Economics, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 3-24, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Separating selection bias from moral hazard in private health insurance (PHI) markets has been a challenging task. We estimate selection bias and moral hazard in Australia's mixed public‐private health system, where PHI premiums are community‐rated rather than risk‐rated.
Clifford Afoakwah, Joshua Byrnes, Paul Scuffham, Son Nghiem   +3 more
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