1. Infectious complication of Blunt head injury
- Author
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Hemal K. Kanzaria and Alissa Detz
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Brain Abscess ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Head trauma ,Blunt ,Infectious complication ,Head Injuries, Closed ,medicine ,Humans ,integumentary system ,Skull Fractures ,business.industry ,Head injury ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Rural hospital ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Skull ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Emergency Medicine ,Forehead ,Physical exam ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
A middle-aged man presented to a rural hospital in South Africa with a history of head trauma. He reported being attacked and stoned 2 weeks prior, and subsequently noticed drainage from a wound he sustained during the assault. On physical exam, he had a 3 cm×2 cm forehead wound with purulent drainage. Neurologic exam showed no focal deficits. Lateral and frontal skull films …
- Published
- 2013