Fatal cerebritis and brain abscesses following a nontraumatic subdural hematoma in a chronic hemodialyzed patient

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-430

  Mesquita, Maria ^a   Damry, Nasroolla ^a   Gazagnes, Marie D ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebritis; Hemodialysis; Metastatic abscesses; Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB); Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; POLYSULFONE; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIALYSATE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FEVER; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEIZURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53549094959     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2008.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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