Case report of Actinomyces turicensis meningitis as a complication of purulent mastoiditis

BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) infections caused by Actinomyces spp. including brain abscess, actinomycoma, subdural empyema and epidural abscess are well described, however reports of Actinomyces-associated meningitis are scarcely reported. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 43-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Kocsis, Béla, Tiszlavicz, Zoltán, Jakab, Gabriella, Brassay, Réka, Orbán, Márton, Sárkány, Ágnes, Szabó, Dóra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6302302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30572823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3610-y

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