Hear no evil, see no evil: a careful history with judicious use of imaging in detecting brain abscess

Arch Dis Child. 2019 Aug;104(8):808. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314971. Epub 2018 May 10.

Authors

Catherine Long¹, Nigel Curtis^{1

2

3}, Bridget Joan Freyne^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
³ Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 29748331
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314971

No abstract available

Keywords: absence seizure; brain abscess; cerebral abscess; infectious diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Abscess / complications
Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Brain Abscess / surgery
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical History Taking
Streptococcal Infections / complications
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Streptococcal Infections / surgery
Streptococcus / isolation & purification
Vomiting / etiology