Gas-producing brain abscess.
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A case of a known psychiatric patient who presented with rapid neurological deterioration is reported. Neuroimaging revealed a gas-producing brain abscess in left parietal lobe with a contiguous focus of infection in the adjacent bone and scalp initiated by obsessive scalp scratching. On complete surgical excision of abscess, followed by culture-based antibiotic therapy, a good neurological recovery was achieved with minimal residual deficits at follow-up.
- Aga Khan University Hospital Pakistan
Adult, Empyema, Subdural, Brain Abscess, Combined Modality Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Treatment Outcome, Drainage, Humans, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Gases, Infusions, Intravenous, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Craniotomy, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Follow-Up Studies
Adult, Empyema, Subdural, Brain Abscess, Combined Modality Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Treatment Outcome, Drainage, Humans, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Gases, Infusions, Intravenous, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Craniotomy, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Follow-Up Studies
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