Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis


Autoria(s): Tuon,Felipe Francisco; Russo,Rachel; Nicodemo,Antonio Carlos
Data(s)

01/08/2006

Resumo

Frontal osteomyelitis is a rare complication of sinusitis. Common intracranial complications of the frontal osteomyelitis are meningitis, epidural empyema, subdural empyema and brain abscess. We described a case of frontal osteomyelitis with brain abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus with improve after needle aspiration and antibiotics to brain abscess for eight weeks and for chronic osteomyelitis for four months.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652006000400012

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.48 n.4 2006

Palavras-Chave #Osteomyelitis #Brain abscess #Staphylococcus aureus
Tipo

journal article