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A first case of subdural empyema due to Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

IDCases
Staphylococcus saccharolyticus, an anaerobic coagulase-negative staphylococcal species, is a member of the normal skin microbiota. It can be a rare cause of human infectious disease and is usually considered a contaminant, but some rare reports have ...
Masahiko Kaneko, Tomoki Shinohara, Yuya Masuda, Kenichi Ishikawa, Hisaharu Shikata, Chie Sakisuka, Daisuke Syoda, Akira Fukui, Kiichirou Zenke   +8 more
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Chronic Bilateral Calcified Subdural Empyema: An Unusual Complication of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020
Background and Importance: Subdural empyema is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a common technique used in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
Abdoulaye Diop, Mohameth Faye, Roger Ilunga Mulumba, Momar Codé Ba, Seydou Boubacar Badiane   +4 more
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Odontogenic Sinusitis Causing Invasive Aspergillosis niger Infection With Para‐Meningeal Abscess

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Invasive aspergillosis is considered to occur in patients with neutropenia and cellular immunodeficiency, but co‐infection with bacterial infections due to odontogenic infections is rare but possible. Diagnosis relies on culture and tissue examination as sensitivity to serum galactomannan antigen is low due to immunocompetence.
Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Nobuyoshi Mori
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Subdural Empyema in a 13‐Year‐Old Male With History of Head Trauma: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Subdural empyema is rare but serious intracranial infection characterized by accumulation of pus between dura mater and arachnoid layer. The spread of infection is typically originating from sinusitis, otitis media, or osteomyelitis.
Bishal Budha, Sachet Subedi, Samir Sedhai, Uday Pandey, Aarju Khadka, Sujata Thapa, Arjun Yadav, Nishchal Soti, Gopal Sedain   +8 more
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Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016
Malaria remains a significant public health problem of the tropical world. Falciparum malaria is most prevalent in the sub-Saharan African region, which harbors about 90% of all malaria cases and fatalities globally.
Pedro Pallangyo MD, MPH, Frederick Lyimo MD, Paulina Nicholaus MD, Ulimbakisya Kain MD, Mohamed Janabi MD, PhD   +4 more
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Epidemiology of diagnostic errors in pediatric emergency departments using electronic triggers

Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 226-245, March 2025.
Abstract Objectives We applied three electronic triggers to study frequency and contributory factors of missed opportunities for improving diagnosis (MOIDs) in pediatric emergency departments (EDs): return visits within 10 days resulting in admission (Trigger 1), care escalation within 24 h of ED presentation (Trigger 2), and death within 24 h of ED ...
Prashant Mahajan, Emily White, Kathy Shaw, Sarah J. Parker, James Chamberlain, Richard M. Ruddy, Elizabeth R. Alpern, Jacqueline Corboy, Andrew Krack, Brandon Ku, Daphne Morrison Ponce, Asha S. Payne, Elizabeth Freiheit, Gregor Horvath, Giselle Kolenic, Michele Carney, Nicole Klekowski, Karen J. O'Connell, Hardeep Singh   +18 more
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Subdural empyema—a rare complication of chronic otitis media: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Subdural empyema is an extremely rare and fatal intracranial complication of chronic otitis media. Due to its rarity and vague symptoms, it is often diagnosed late if not completely missed; specially in developing countries where the ...
Emnet Tekeste Fekadu, Nahom Daniel, Samuel Tekle Mengistu, Genet Tekeste Fekadu   +3 more
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Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis Abscesso cerebral secundário à osteomielite frontal

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2006
Frontal osteomyelitis is a rare complication of sinusitis. Common intracranial complications of the frontal osteomyelitis are meningitis, epidural empyema, subdural empyema and brain abscess.
Felipe Francisco Tuon, Rachel Russo, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo   +2 more
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Arachnoid cyst with bony erosion of the posterior frontal sinus wall as cause of a subdural empyema after pansinusitis

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2020
Intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) can lead to a bony thinning of the surrounding skull. We present a young man, in whom a frontal AC has caused a thinning of the frontal calvaria and of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus.
Holger Schlag, Christoph Hoffmann, Jens Castein, Jonathan Neuhoff, Frank Kandziora   +4 more
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Subdural Empyema Caused by Brucellosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials
Neurobrucellosis is a rare and challenging complication of brucellosis. Its non-specific clinical presentation makes it challenging to diagnose. The coexistence of neurobrucellosis with subdural empyema is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported ...
Bilal Bahadır AKBULUT, Anıl EROL, Mustafa Serdar BÖLÜK, Taşkın YURTSEVEN, Cenk ERASLAN, Bilgin ARDA, Hüseyin BİÇEROĞLU   +6 more
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