Brain abscess formation as a CSF shunt complication: a case report

The formation of a brain abscess as a result of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt complication is extremely rare in the literature with only 7 cases reported in the last 20 years. We report a patient that developed a brain abscess adjacent to a functioning ventricular catheter in the presence of shunt inf...

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Autores principales: Jamjoom, Aimun AB, Waliuddin, Abrar R, Jamjoom, Abdulhakim B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2639569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19183497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-110

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2639569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19183497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-110

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