Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda
Brain abscess, while rare, confers high mortality, especially in the developing world. The case of a Ugandan child with a polymicrobial brain abscess including infection with Tissierella praeacuta/Clostridium hastiforme requiring repeated drainage and eventual surgical excision is reported. The case...
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| description | Brain abscess, while rare, confers high mortality, especially in the developing world. The case of a Ugandan child with a polymicrobial brain abscess including infection with Tissierella praeacuta/Clostridium hastiforme requiring repeated drainage and eventual surgical excision is reported. The case demonstrates the importance of considering anaerobic organisms in the treatment of children with brain abscess from the developing world. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-48d2f9b209054f7a9f6b0dc41d7d3f762025-08-20T03:36:48ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322009-01-01203e91e9310.1155/2009/407139Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from UgandaKA Cox0G Al-Rawahi1TR Kollmann2Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaChild & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaChild & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBrain abscess, while rare, confers high mortality, especially in the developing world. The case of a Ugandan child with a polymicrobial brain abscess including infection with Tissierella praeacuta/Clostridium hastiforme requiring repeated drainage and eventual surgical excision is reported. The case demonstrates the importance of considering anaerobic organisms in the treatment of children with brain abscess from the developing world.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/407139 |
| spellingShingle | KA Cox G Al-Rawahi TR Kollmann Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda |
| title_full | Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda |
| title_short | Anaerobic Brain Abscess following Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Child from Uganda |
| title_sort | anaerobic brain abscess following chronic suppurative otitis media in a child from uganda |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/407139 |
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