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Subdural Empyema Caused by Brucellosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

open access: yesMediterranean 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Rare Cause of Calcified Subdural Empyema and Ventriculitis in a Pediatric Patient: Achromobacter Denitrificans

open access: yesJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2016
Intracranial infections in the pediatric age group are still important causes of morbidity in developing countries. A 2-year-old male patient presented with acute onset of seizures and loss of consciousness to our emergency department with a past history
Mehtap Beker-Acay   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arachnoid cyst with bony erosion of the posterior frontal sinus wall as cause of a subdural empyema after pansinusitis

open access: yesInterdisciplinary 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology of diagnostic errors in pediatric emergency departments using electronic triggers

open access: yesAcademic 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   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis Abscesso cerebral secundário à osteomielite frontal

open access: yesRevista 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subdural Empiema L1-5 Pasca Anestesi Anestesi Neuraksal

open access: yesJurnal Neuroanestesi Indonesia, 2013
Komplikasi infeksi dapat saja terjadi setelah tehnik anestesi regional apapun, namun hal ini menjadi perhatian yanga sangat penting ketika infeksi terjadi disekitar medulaspinalis atau di dalam kanalis spinalis.
M. Jalaludin A. Chalil, Nazaruddin Umar
doaj   +1 more source

Subdural Empyema in Bacterial Meningitis

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2013
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, evaluated the occurrence, treatment, and outcome of subdural empyema as a complication of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in 28 (2.7%) adults.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Streptococcal Subdural Empyema as a Complication of Varicella

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2005
A 3-month-old male infant who presented with a group A streptococcal subdural empyema on day 5 of a varicella skin rash is reported from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

From dental infection to extradural empyema: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, 2019
Introduction: Brain infections of dental origin are rare, but well-known and accurately described. There are two different brain infections: brain abscess, the most frequent, and extradural or subdural empyema. Here, we discuss the case of an extradural
Comte Clément, Hasnaoui Nasr
doaj   +1 more source

Subdural empyema presenting with convulsive crisis, focal motor weakness and confusion

open access: yesActa Médica del Centro, 2014
While sinusitis is a frequent affection in the sinuses, intracranial suppurative complication is rare and this makes difficult the diagnosis and treatment.
Marcos Luis García   +1 more
doaj  

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