Free Content Brain abscesses in Malawian children: value of CT scan

Authors: Mankhambo, L.1; Phiri, A.1; Chiwaya, K.1; Graham, S.M.2

Source: Annals of Tropical Paediatrics: International Child Health, Volume 28, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 79-85(7)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

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Abstract:

The clinical presentation and management of brain abscess in three HIV-uninfected Malawian children are reported. One case was associated with staphylococcal empyema and severe malarial anaemia and another case with chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoiditis. The third case had no identified extracranial focus of infection. These cases illustrate the difficulties of diagnosis and management of brain abscesses in the resource-poor setting where other causes of encephalopathy caused by infection are common, and highlight the value of neuroradiological imaging.

Document Type: Case report

DOI: 10.1179/146532808X270725

Affiliations: 1: Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Programme of Clinical Tropical Research and Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi 2: Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Programme of Clinical Tropical Research and Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi; The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

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