Rapid brain death caused by a cerebellar abscess with Fusobacterium nucleatum in a young man with drug abuse: a case report

BACKGROUND: Fusobacterium nucleatum is a strict anaerobic microorganism that causes disease entities such as periodontal and soft tissue abscesses, pulmonary and intraabdominal infections and very rarely intracerebral infections. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the rare case of a previously healt...

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Autores principales: Hischebeth, Gunnar TR, Keil, Vera C, Gentil, Katrin, Boström, Azize, Kuchelmeister, Klaus, Bekeredjian-Ding, Isabelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4062896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24915846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-353

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4062896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24915846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-353

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