Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion

A 35-year-old male presented with headaches and fevers. MRI of his head showed skull-based infection of the clivus extended to the right internal carotid artery. Blood and sinus cultures were positive for Eikenella corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus. He had intravenous antibiotics and sinus washo...

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Autores principales: Patel, Kishan, Park, Connie, Memon, Zain, Ilyas, Nazish
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7058888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00740
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description A 35-year-old male presented with headaches and fevers. MRI of his head showed skull-based infection of the clivus extended to the right internal carotid artery. Blood and sinus cultures were positive for Eikenella corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus. He had intravenous antibiotics and sinus washout. The patient had full neurological recovery following this.
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spelling pubmed-70588882020-03-09 Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion Patel, Kishan Park, Connie Memon, Zain Ilyas, Nazish IDCases Article A 35-year-old male presented with headaches and fevers. MRI of his head showed skull-based infection of the clivus extended to the right internal carotid artery. Blood and sinus cultures were positive for Eikenella corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus. He had intravenous antibiotics and sinus washout. The patient had full neurological recovery following this. Elsevier 2020-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7058888/ /pubmed/32154111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00740 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
title_full Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
title_fullStr Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
title_full_unstemmed Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
title_short Eikenella Corrodens and Streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
title_sort eikenella corrodens and streptococcus anginosus co-infection causing skull base osteomyelitis and internal carotid artery lesion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7058888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154111
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00740
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