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- Title
Life‐threatening multiple brain abscesses secondary to Actinomyces odontolyticus.
- Authors
Yesilbas, Osman; Yozgat, Can Yilmaz; Nizam, Oznur Gokce; Bursal Duramaz, Burcu; Turel, Ozden
- Abstract
A case study of a 2.5-year-old toddler was admitted to the emergency department (ED) due to recurrent and gushing vomiting due to Actinomyces odontolyticus. Topics include patient's family stated that the toddler was an extremely healthy child except for the existing small abscess on the patient's left hand; and Brain-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a total of three brain abscesses.
- Subjects
HALOTHERAPY; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN abscess; C-reactive protein; CALCITONIN; CATASTROPHIC illness; GLUCOSE; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; INTENSIVE care units; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; METRONIDAZOLE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL diagnosis; SINUSITIS; VANCOMYCIN; VOMITING; TREATMENT effectiveness; DEXAMETHASONE; DECOMPRESSIVE craniectomy; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G; GLASGOW Coma Scale
- Publication
Pediatrics International, 2020, Vol 62, Issue 11, p1307
- ISSN
1328-8067
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/ped.14362