Subdural Empyema Complicating Bacterial Meningitis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Polysubstance Abuse

Subdural empyema (SDE) and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) are uncommon life-threatening complications of bacterial meningitis, which require urgent neurosurgical intervention to prevent adverse outcomes. Clinicians must be vigilant of the onset of focal neurologic deficits or seizure activity to est...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dakkak, Melissa, Cullinane, William Russell, Ramoutar, Virin Rajiv Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/931819

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26543484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/931819

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