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Streptococcal Subdural Empyema as a Complication of Varicella

Pediatric 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
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Predictors of outcome of subdural empyema in children.

Neurosurgical Focus, 2019
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report the etiology, clinical features, microbiology, surgical outcome, and predictors of outcome of spontaneous subdural empyema (SDE).
Subhas K Konar, Dhaval Gohil, D. Shukla, Nishanth Sadashiva, A. Uppar, D. Bhat, Dwarkanath Srinivas, A. Arimappamagan, B. Devi   +8 more
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From dental infection to extradural empyema: a case report

Journal 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
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A case of posterior quadrant disconnection for post-subdural empyema epilepsy -focal cortical dysplasia might be the underlying cause of refractory epilepsy-

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2018
Introduction: Intracranial subdural empyema (ISDE) can cause drug-resistant epilepsy. We attempted to cure post-ISDE refractory epilepsy by operative surgery and assessed the neuropathological findings.
Yuya Sakakura, Ayataka Fujimoto, Tohru Okanishi, Yosuke Masuda, Mitsuyo Nishimura, Hideo Enoki   +5 more
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Infantile supratentorial subdural empyema managed by percutaneous aspiration: an outcome study in a Nigerian city.

Sudanese Journal of Paediatrics, 2019
Subdural empyema (SDE), a common neurosurgical emergency in the developing countries, accounts for 15%-20% of localised paediatric intracranial infections.
O. Kanu, C. Esezobor, O. Ojo, C. Asoegwu, C. Nnoli, Yusuf Dawang, E. Temiye   +6 more
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Subdural empyema presenting with convulsive crisis, focal motor weakness and confusion

Acta 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, Liubka María Pérez Mederos   +1 more
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Subdural Empyema [PDF]

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1943
CHARLES S. KUBIK, RAYMOND D. ADAMS
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Subdural Empyema [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2018
John, Gorman, Nikkie, Randhawa, Daniel, Mendelsohn, Christopher R, Honey, Manraj K S, Heran, Silke, Appel-Cresswell   +5 more
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Subdural empyema complicated after trepanation and drainage of chronic subdural hematoma

Medicine, 2019
Rationale: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical diseases. However, complicated subdural empyema rarely occurs after trepanation and drainage of chronic subdural hematoma. Patient concerns: A male patient (77 years old)
H. Xue, Weitao Zhang, Lin Shi, Yiming Zhang, Bin Yu, Hongfa Yang   +5 more
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Parafalcine subdural empyema: The unresolved controversy over the need for surgical treatment

Surgical neurology international, 2019
Background: Parafalcine subdural empyema (SDE) is a rare entity consisting of pus accumulating below the longitudinal sinus, between the falx cerebri and the arachnoid layer covering the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere.
R. Prieto, C. Ortega
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