Community acquired Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) positive Methicilin Resistant Staphylococcal aureus cerebral abscess in an 11-month old boy: a case study. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Brain abscess are uncommon childhood infection. Brain abscess caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin positive Community acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcal aureus have never been reported in the United Kingdom.
Fellows, Greg +7 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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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 +6 more
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MRI and clinical resolution of a suspected intracranial toxoplasma granuloma with medical treatment in a domestic short hair cat [PDF]
, 2017 A two-year-old cat was presented with a left paradoxical vestibular syndrome. MRI of the brain revealed an extra-axial homogenously contrast enhancing mass in the region of the left caudal cerebellar peduncle.
Beltran, E, Crawford, A H, Drees, R
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Multiple Brain Abscesses: An Unusual Case [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022 Brain abscess is a collection of pus with a vascular capsule beginning as a cerebritis at its early stage. The incidence rate of brain abscess is approximately 0.13-0.9 per 100,000 person-year.
Alireza Vakilian +5 more
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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. +6 more
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Intracranial fusarium fungal abscess in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature. [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction Fusarium spp is an omnipresent fungal species that may lead to fatal infections in immunocompromised populations. Spontaneous intracranial infection by Fusarium spp in immunocompetent individuals is exceedingly rare.
Cadden, Joseph +6 more
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Brain Metastasis Mimicking Brain Abscess in ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2019 Brain metastasis frequently develops in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we report a patient who developed brain metastasis from ALK-positive NSCLC which mimicked brain abscess.
Toshio Sakatani +9 more
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Pyogenic Brain Abscess Caused by Peptostreptococcus in a Patient with HIV-1 Infection
Diseases, 2017 In the setting of HIV, cerebral lesions are usually secondary to lymphoma and opportunistic infections; however, in patients with CD4 counts above 200 cells/uL, other pathologies such as pyogenic brain abscess could gain importance.
Jose Armando Gonzales Zamora +1 more
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Aspergillosis of the CNS in a pediatric liver transplant recipient: Case report and review [PDF]
, 1991 A 2-month-old infant who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation at the age of 2 weeks for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency developed infection of the CNS due to Aspergillus fumigatus.
Green, M +4 more
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