Subdural Empyema Caused by Hematogenous Dissemination from an Abscess in Thigh to a Preexisting Chronic Subdural Hematoma “Case Report”
Year: 1998
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 63-year-old male with a preexisting chronic subdural hematoma presented with progressive confusion and left hemiparesis as well as high fever. Subdural empyema was strongly suspected. At surgery, the empyema was encapsulated by definite inner and outer membranes. Cultures isolated from the subdural fluid and from an abscess of his left thigh yielded methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed these two strains were genetically identical. Hematogenous infection of a preexisting subdural hematoma is an extremely rare cause of subdural empyema.
Source: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.743
Authors: Shunsuke KAWAMOTO, Kazuya NAGATA, Yubuhito MOCHIZUKI, Takayuki HARA, Tadashi ABE, Jun SASHIDA
Institution: Showa General Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2007671365