Meningitis and subdural empyema as complication of pterygomandibular space abscess upon tooth extraction [PDF]
, 2016 Complication of dental infections might be various and heterogeneous. The most common complications are represented by maxilar celulitis, canine space celulitis, infratemporal space celulitis, temporal celulitis and bacteremia. Among rarest complications
Cabello Serrano, Almudena +4 more
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Subdural empyema, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal space abscess: Unusual complications of chronic otitis media [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012 Introduction. Otitic complications arise from expansion of the middle ear infection. Subdural empyema is a rare otitic complication, and both retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses have been described in just a few cases. Case report.
Erdevički Ljiljana +4 more
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COVID-19 infection and extensive subdural empyema: cause or consequence?
Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2023 Adolescent, female, 12 years old, with a history of headache and vomiting, without fever, with progressive worsening and coma. Laboratory tests showed positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR RNA. She has not had the vaccine for COVID-19.
Aldo Jose Ferreira da Silva +1 more
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A Man Living in the Wilderness Presents With a Unique Case of <i>Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae</i> Causing Primary CNS Infection. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisWe report the first published case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causing subdural empyema. This 66‐year‐old male patient had relevant exposure history including living in a tent in the woods and having direct contact with wildlife. His main symptom which triggered his presentation was diplopia with exam findings consistent with a left partial ...
Smith KA, Méndez A, Reese LJ.
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Neonatal meningitis associated with osteomyelitis and epidural empyema. [PDF]
, 2013 Neonatal meningitis is a serious disease with significant mortality and morbidity. Its signs and symptoms are subtle, non-specific, atypical or absent.
Morais, S +3 more
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Brain Abscesses Complicating Bacterial Meningitis—A Nationwide Cohort Study From the Netherlands [PDF]
Eur J NeurolPrevalence, pathogen distribution, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of brain abscess in bacterial meningitis was assessed in this study. ABSTRACT Background Brain abscesses rarely complicate bacterial meningitis while their clinical characteristics and outcomes have not been systematically assessed.
Liechti F +4 more
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Reducing the incidence of intraventricular catheter-related ventriculitis in the neurology-neurosurgical intensive care unit at a tertiary care center in St Louis, Missouri: An 8-year follow-up study [PDF]
, 2010 We reviewed the effect of 3 interventions to reduce the incidence of intraventricular catheter–related ventriculitis, conducted at a tertiary care center in St Louis, Missouri, during an 8-year period.
Craighead, Martha C +5 more
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Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2012 Tuberculous brain abscess and subdural empyema are extremely rare manifestations of central nervous system tuberculosis. Here, we report a case of an 11-year-old immunocompetent child who developed temporal lobe abscess and subdural empyema following ...
B Vijayakumar, K Sarin, Girija Mohan
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Actinomycotic brain abscess [PDF]
, 2016 Actinomycosis is caused by Gram-positive filamentous anaerobic organisms of genus Actinomyces, which are commensals of mucosal membranes of the oropharyngeal cavity, and gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts.
Hasegawa, H +3 more
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Central nervous system infections in the intensive care unit [PDF]
, 2014 Neurological infections constitute an uncommon, but important aetiological cause requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). In addition, health-care associated neurological infections may develop in critically ill patients admitted to an ICU ...
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