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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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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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Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021 Background: Subdural empyema is a neurosurgical emergency requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. There is a debate between the benefits and risks of starting early antibiotics prior to surgical drainage as this is purported to reduce the rate of ...
F. Rasul +6 more
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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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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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Acute subdural empyema in the young COVID-19 patient- A case report
Bangladesh Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 Acute subdural empyema is a surgical emergency. It is life threatening for the patient. It has to be evacuated as soon it is diagnosed. But subdural empyema in a COVID 19 patient is uncommon. Its management put the surgical team to a new dilemma.
Kaisar Haroon +6 more
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Romanian Neurosurgery, 2021 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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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 ...
B. Vengamma +3 more
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Turkish archives of pediatrics, 2021 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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