Brain abscess with multiple enterobacteria and enterococcus revealing ventriculoperitoneal shunt misplacement
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DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06563-3
Abstract: A 74-year-old patient with a history of chronic hydrocephalus treated 8 years before by ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) was admitted in intensive care unit for coma (Glasgow Coma Scale score of 9) and fever. Brain magnetic… read more here.
Keywords: vps; enterobacteria enterococcus; ventriculoperitoneal shunt; brain abscess ... See more keywords
Pyogenic brain abscess and subdural empyema: presentation, management, and factors predicting outcome
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-018-1182-9
Abstract: PurposeTo describe the presentation and management of bacterial brain abscess and subdural empyema in adults treated at two tertiary centers. In addition, to identify factors that may predict a poor clinical outcome.MethodsA retrospective analysis of… read more here.
Keywords: subdural empyema; abscess subdural; brain abscess; presentation ... See more keywords
Anaerobic bacteriological profile of brain abscess in a tertiary care center in southern India.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.05.012
Abstract: Brain abscess accounts for 8% of all intracranial insults in developing countries. Anaerobic infections are missed in most cases due to difficult isolation techniques. This study was done to determine the anaerobic bacteriological profile of… read more here.
Keywords: profile brain; bacteriological profile; brain; brain abscess ... See more keywords
Listeria brain abscess in a patient with autoimmune hepatitis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00569
Abstract: Listeria monocytogenes is an uncommon cause of brain abscesses. Immunocompromised hosts, pregnant women and patients at extremes of age are especially susceptible. We discuss the successful management of a woman with autoimmune hepatitis on prednisone… read more here.
Keywords: abscess patient; listeria brain; autoimmune hepatitis; brain ... See more keywords
Brain abscess: A rare complication in a child with tetralogy of Fallot
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00954
Abstract: Brain abscess is a rarely occurring fatal complication accounting for 5%–18.7% of the population with cyanotic congenital heart diseases. Cyanotic heart diseases are associated with a right-to-left shunt that bypasses pulmonary circulation and results in… read more here.
Keywords: abscess; brain abscess; tetralogy fallot;
Brain abscess due to Candida glabrata in an immunocompetent patient. A case report with update and literature review
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00996
Abstract: Candida spp. brain abscess is scare. Clinical presentation is unspecific. Diagnosis requires mycological culture of a puncture or biopsy specimen. Therapeutic management is based on prolonged course of azole or liposomal amphotericin B. We reported… read more here.
Keywords: candida; brain abscess; candida glabrata; case ... See more keywords
Recurrent fatal brain abscess by Cladophialophora bantiana in a diabetic patient.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.11.011
Abstract: Cladophialophora bantiana is one of the significant causes of brain abscess in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised individuals and accounts for a high level of mortality of 70%. The abscess can recur in immunocompromised patients,… read more here.
Keywords: recurrent fatal; fatal brain; brain abscess; cladophialophora bantiana ... See more keywords
Predictors of clinical outcomes among patients with brain abscess in Thailand
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.04.059
Abstract: Although brain abscess is a fatal neurological infection, the studies in Thailand are quite limited and outdate. This study aims to identify predictors of mortality among patients with brain abscess in Thailand. Patients with a… read more here.
Keywords: patients brain; among patients; abscess thailand; brain ... See more keywords
A case of rhinocerebral mucormycosis with brain abscess drained by endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.09.004
Abstract: A 70-year-old Japanese man undergoing remission induction therapy for acute monocytic leukemia (AML-M5b) developed fever and headache, and was started on antibiotics and liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB). There was no improvement, and computed tomography and… read more here.
Keywords: endoscopic endonasal; surgery; brain abscess; mucormycosis ... See more keywords
Volvariella volvacea brain Abscess in an immunocompromised host-An emerging fungal pathogen in Asia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2022.101272
Abstract: Volvariella volvacea is a fungus found in tropical regions, commonly associated with straw mushrooms. This is a 50-year-old Singaporean female post living donor renal transplant who presented with fever, cough and headache. She was diagnosed… read more here.
Keywords: brain abscess; volvacea brain; volvariella volvacea; volvariella ... See more keywords
Brain Abscess and Unusual Nasal Pimple in a Child.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.093
Abstract: We report a child with misdiagnosed nasal dermal sinus and frontonasal dermoid cyst, that was complicated by brain abscess. Familiarizing physicians with this peculiar clinical picture may allow prompt recognition of this malformation, with subsequent… read more here.
Keywords: nasal pimple; child; unusual nasal; abscess unusual ... See more keywords