Snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess

A 35-year-old man was found to have a cerebral abscess secondary to a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess. Both cultures grew Streptococcus anginosus. Brain abscess is a rare but potential complication of sigmoid diverticulitis. Streptococcus anginosus, which is found in human gut flora, is a com...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Zhaowei, Wuppalapati, Siddhartha, Scott, Nigel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.272
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description A 35-year-old man was found to have a cerebral abscess secondary to a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess. Both cultures grew Streptococcus anginosus. Brain abscess is a rare but potential complication of sigmoid diverticulitis. Streptococcus anginosus, which is found in human gut flora, is a common cause of brain abscess.
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spelling pubmed-44988732015-07-16 Snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess Zhou, Zhaowei Wuppalapati, Siddhartha Scott, Nigel Clin Case Rep Clinical Images A 35-year-old man was found to have a cerebral abscess secondary to a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess. Both cultures grew Streptococcus anginosus. Brain abscess is a rare but potential complication of sigmoid diverticulitis. Streptococcus anginosus, which is found in human gut flora, is a common cause of brain abscess. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-06 2015-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4498873/ /pubmed/26185659 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.272 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title_fullStr Snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess
title_full_unstemmed Snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess
title_short Snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess
title_sort snapshot in surgery: brain abscess as a complication of a recurrent sigmoid diverticular abscess
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.272
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