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Finegoldia magna Causing Brain Abscess with Subdural Empyema: Case Report
- Source :
- Journal of Spine & Neurosurgery.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- OMICS Publishing Group, 2016.
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Abstract
- A 29-year-old female presented with a brain abscess with subdural empyema in the left parafalcine region caused by Finegoldia magna. There was a partial clinical response to surgery and antibiotic therapy. An acute enfarctus developed after abscess drainage surgery in occipital lobe. We think that infarction developed due to transtentorial herniation and with the mass effect of brain abscess. F magna may be detected in many cases like soft tissue infections, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, endocarditis and necrotizing pneumonia. Actually this is the first report of brain abscess in which F magna was found upon bacterial culture.
- Subjects :
- Subdural empyema
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Osteomyelitis
Infarction
030206 dentistry
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Endocarditis
Septic arthritis
Occipital lobe
Abscess
business
Brain abscess
reproductive and urinary physiology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- ISSN :
- 23259701
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Spine & Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e4a149e50d271c85c23ab22f1532e66c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4172/2325-9701.1000245