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Klebsiella invasive liver abscess syndrome presenting with a central nervous system manifestation secondary to latent cholecystitis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Brain abscess is a life-threatening event. Moreover, when Klebsiella pneumoniae is the cause, rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment are required. Klebsiella invasive liver abscess syndrome, a bloodstream metastatic infection of potentially
Osamu Kinoshita, Takanari Okamoto, Takayuki Ota, Shun Takayama, Yuta Oi, Sachie Tanaka, Ichita Taniyama, Kei Naito, Yasuo Inoue   +8 more
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A rare case of polymicrobial brain abscess involving Actinomyces

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Brain abscess is a focal intracranial infection that may present as a life-threatening emergency. Brain abscess can present with a wide range of clinical syndromes, and it results in high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Here we describe a rare case of
Abdelrhman Abo-Zed, MD, Mohamed Yassin, MD, PhD, Tung Phan, MD, PhD   +2 more
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Low-Grade Astrocytoma Associated with Abscess Formation: Case Report and Literature Review

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008
A rare case of low-grade astrocytoma associated with abscess formation occurred in a 52-year-old man presenting with Broca's aphasia. He underwent craniotomy and tumor removal under the impression of brain tumor with necrotic cystic change.
Tai-Hsin Tsai, Yan-Fen Hwang, Shiuh-Lin Hwang, Chen-Hsiang Hung, Cheng-Wei Chu, Boon-Kee Lua, Chih-Lung Lin, Kung-Shing Lee, Joon-Khim Loh, Aij-Lie Kwan, Chih-Jen Wang, Tzuu-Yuan Huang, Shen-Long Howng, Ann-Shung Lieu   +13 more
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A clinical case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a non-immunocompromised patient and a relevant literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rare and usually found in immunocompromised patients. The most common subtype implicated is Nocardia farcinica while brain abscess due to Nocardia brasiliensis is comparatively rare.
Jian-Wei Zhu, Hui Zhou, Wei-Qiang Jia, Jian You, Ru-Xiang Xu   +4 more
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Cerebral radiation necrosis and brain abscess as delayed complications after carbon ion radiotherapy against nasal carcinoma

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
A case of radiation induced delayed brain necrosis associated with bacterial brain abscess is reported. A 50-year-old Japanese man with adenoid cystic carcinoma underwent carbon ion radiotherapy and the cancer disappeared on MRI one year later.
Masanori Kurimoto, Yumiko Maruyama, Yayoi Tsukada, Hiromichi Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Takagawa   +4 more
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Brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana: Total remission after full resection and short-course Voriconazole treatment

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2019
We report on a brain abscess in an immunocompetent man caused by Cladophialophora bantiana, a black mold known to prefer the brain for abscess-formations with a mortality rate up to 65%.
Li-Anne Schweizer, Lorenz Bärlocher, Anne Graber, Katia Boggian   +3 more
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Brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppression [PDF]

, 1997
Objective: To determine the incidence, clinical presentation, and outcome and confounding factors associated with the development of a brain abscess in solid organ transplant recipients. Design: A 14-year retrospective survey.
Fung, J, Kleopoulos, I, Kusne, S, Ramirez, CB, Selby, R, Singh, R, Starzl, TE   +6 more
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Case report on successful treatment for brain abscess in a Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata)

Laboratory Animal Research, 2023
Background A brain abscess in human beings is a focal infection of the central nervous system frequently characterized by areas of localized cerebritis and central necrosis surrounded by a well vascularized capsule. A brain abscess, although sporadically
Tohru Kimura
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Brain Abcess due to Cladophialophora bantiana: first case in Portugal [PDF]

, 2015
Clinical case reporting a brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in an male patient with 56 years old. This is a rare case of a brain abscess caused by this species. Few cases have been reported in the literature world-wide, being this one the
Brizido, H., Carvalho, D., Lavrador, J., Marques Lito, L., Melo-Cristino, J., Nogueira Martins, L., Veríssimo, Cristina   +6 more
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A Fatal Sinogenic Brain Abscess in Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of Literature

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Cerebral abscess is an extremely rare complication of pregnancy. Among reported cases of pregnancy brain abscess, most patients have shown a good neurologic outcome.
Reza Bahrami, Hossein Safari
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