Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature

Subdural empyema is a rare intracranial infection with an accumulation of purulent material between the dura and arachnoid matter. We report a case of 17 years old presented with an altered conscious level. CSF analysis showed increased WBCs. His situation has improved after treating by acyclovir, c...

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Autores principales: Meshref, Mostafa, Nourelden, Anas Zakarya, Elshanbary, Alaa Ahmed, AbdelQadir, Yossef Hassan, Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed, Ragab, Khaled Mohamed, Ahmed, Eman Mohammed Sharif, Swed, Sarya
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6049
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author Meshref, Mostafa
Nourelden, Anas Zakarya
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Ahmed, Eman Mohammed Sharif
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Nourelden, Anas Zakarya
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description Subdural empyema is a rare intracranial infection with an accumulation of purulent material between the dura and arachnoid matter. We report a case of 17 years old presented with an altered conscious level. CSF analysis showed increased WBCs. His situation has improved after treating by acyclovir, ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and dexamethasone.
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spelling pubmed-92807572022-07-15 Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature Meshref, Mostafa Nourelden, Anas Zakarya Elshanbary, Alaa Ahmed AbdelQadir, Yossef Hassan Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed Ragab, Khaled Mohamed Ahmed, Eman Mohammed Sharif Swed, Sarya Clin Case Rep Case Report Subdural empyema is a rare intracranial infection with an accumulation of purulent material between the dura and arachnoid matter. We report a case of 17 years old presented with an altered conscious level. CSF analysis showed increased WBCs. His situation has improved after treating by acyclovir, ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and dexamethasone. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9280757/ /pubmed/35846899 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6049 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Case Report
Meshref, Mostafa
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Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed
Ragab, Khaled Mohamed
Ahmed, Eman Mohammed Sharif
Swed, Sarya
Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title_full Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title_fullStr Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title_full_unstemmed Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title_short Subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: A case report with review literature
title_sort subdural empyema due to mixed infections successfully treated medically: a case report with review literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6049
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