Subdural empyema presenting with seizure, confusion, and focal weakness

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 509-511

  Bruner, David I ^a   Littlejohn, Lanny ^a   Pritchard, Amy ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE; SINUS CONGESTION; SINUSITIS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

EID: 84872701058     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.5.11727     Document Type: Article

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