The man with the boggy head: cranial melioidosis

Melioidosis is known to cause abscesses in various organs, including the cranium, though less commonly. We present a patient with scalp abscess and subdural empyema that was visible on computed tomography of the brain. The neurosurgical drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Despite our best effor...

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Main Authors: Kuan, Yeh Chunn, How, Soon Hin, Ng, Teck Han, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: Singapore Medical Association 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/1/Cranial_melioidosis.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/
http://smj.sma.org.sg/5102/5102cr7.pdf
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