General Infectious Disease News Articles

Infectious Dis.

sponsor
Become a Member Today!
Register
Email:


Password:

Remember me
Forgot your Password?
Invite Code?
Article ID

Your Article Summary

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Cox KA et al. – 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.

Related Articles

Bilateral atticoantral chronic suppurative otitis media presenting as bilateral cutaneous mastoid fistulas
ENT Journal, 10/16/09    Relevance Score: 84%

Biofilm presence in humans with chronic suppurative otitis media
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 10/28/09    Relevance Score: 80%

Today in CNS Infectious Disease...keeping you current

The regulatory role of the MisR/S two-component system in hemoglobin utilization in Neisseria meningitidis
Infection and Immunity, 12/17/09

Reactivation and centripetal spread of herpes simplex virus complicating acoustic neuroma resection
Surgical Neurology, 12/17/09

The chemokine CXCL13 in acute neuroborreliosis
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry , 12/17/09

Today in ENT Infectious Disease...keeping you current

Rhinovirus infection-induced alteration of tight junction and adherens junction components in human nasal epithelial cells
The Laryngoscope, 12/16/09

Surgical management of retropharyngeal abscesses
Acta Oto-Laryngologica , 12/14/09

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in chronic otitis media before and after surgery
Acta Oto-Laryngologica , 12/11/09

Article Search

Keyword:

Search:

Published within

Sort By:
Date
Relevance


Sponsor

Send this Summary to a Colleague

Enter email address