Concomitant brain abscess and spinal cord abscess in an immunocompetent teenage male: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Multiple bilateral brain abscesses occur rarely in immunocompetent patients. Hematogenous spread to the central nervous system (CNS) allows suppuration and abscess formation in the privileged immune environment of the CNS; hematogenous spread to the spinal cord is extremely rare and the...

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Autores principales: Virtanen, Piiamaria S., Jimenez, Med Jimson D., Horak, V. Jane, Desai, Virendra R., Manaloor, John J., Raskin, Jeffrey S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2023
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Case Lesson
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22458

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10550703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE22458

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