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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| Language: | en |
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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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| Summary: | 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 effort to treat the patient using parenteral antibiotics and surgical drainage, the patient did not survive. |
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