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Streptococcus anginosus can be frequently isolated from brain abscesses, but is a rare cause of the liver, lung, and deep tissue abscesses. In this report, we present a patient with subdural empyema, brain abscess, and superior sagittal cerebral venous ...
Osman Yeşilbaş +7 more
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Introduction: Cerebral infections (frontoparietal extradural and subdural empyema) following a dental abscess and multiple sinusitis is a rare and potentially devastating entity even in the era of modern diagnosis and treatment.
D. Balasa, A. Tunas, A. Stan
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Prognostic factors in children with purulent meningitis in Turkey. [PDF]
In this study the clinical and laboratory findings of 48 children with purulent meningitis were examined, prospectively, to determine the prognostic factors in childhood meningitis in a developing country.
Arslan, Sukru +7 more
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Subdural Empyema as a Complication of Sinusitis: A Diagnosis to Keep in Mind
Subdural empyema (SDE) is a rare form of intracranial infection associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate. Infections of the middle ear and paranasal sinuses are the most common predisposing factors that can lead to bacterial proliferation in ...
Rosário Eça +3 more
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A Rare Complications of Sickle Cell Disease: Empyema and Chronic Subdural Hematoma
Sickle cell disease is a hemoglobinopathy responsible for many complications that are sometimes frightening. Brain damage is part of one of the complications that can affect the vital and/or functional prognosis of patients.
Tien Yu Song Miraulle +6 more
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Abstract Somatostatin is a naturally occurring polypeptide hormone that exerts its effect on the gastrointestinal tract by reducing exocrine and endocrine secretion, resulting in decreased motility, gastric emptying, splanchnic blood flow, fat absorption, lymphatic flow, and gallbladder contraction.
Bailey Dunn +4 more
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ABSTRACT Inflammation is the immune system's natural response to initial tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis bacteria have gained adaptations to manipulate the inflammatory process, sometimes settling into latency and containment in granulomas, ensuring their survival.
Stacie Burke
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Spontaneous subdural empyema in falciparum malaria : a case study [PDF]
Clinical history : Malaria is one of the most common diseases in the tropical countries. Cerebralmalaria is usually a diffuse symmetric encephalopathy with focal signs being unusual.Methods : We present a three-year old girl lapsing into unconsciousness ...
S. Dwarakanath, A. Suri , A.K. Mahapatra
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Giant subdural empyema following ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in a child
Subdural empyema is an intracranial focal collection of purulent material located between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater. It developed from varied sources, but the paranasal sinuses, the ears, and the mastoids processes were predominantly ...
Prastiya Indra Gunawan +1 more
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Empiema subdural a gemella morbillorum como complicação de sinusite aguda.
Subdural empyema is a life-threatening infection that may complicate acute sinusitis. The authors report the case of a previously healthy 10 year-old girl who presented with subdural empyema due to Gemella morbillorum after an untreated maxillary ...
Leonor Reis Boto +6 more
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