The man with the boggy head: cranial melioidosis
Melioidosis is known to cause abscesses in various organs, including the cranium, though less commonly. We present a patient with scalp abscess and subdural empyema that was visible on computed tomography of the brain. The neurosurgical drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Despite our best effor...
Main Authors: | Kuan, Yeh Chunn, How, Soon Hin, Ng, Teck Han, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Singapore Medical Association
2010
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/1/Cranial_melioidosis.pdf |
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