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JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2005; 15 (3): 176-7
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-71518

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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 culturebased antibiotic therapy, a good neurological recovery was achieved with minimal residual deficits at follow-up


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Humans , Female , Brain Abscess/therapy , Craniotomy/methods , Drug Therapy, Combination , Empyema, Subdural , Drainage/methods , Gases/metabolism , Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections , Treatment Outcome
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