Multiple Brain Abscesses due to Streptococcus anginosus: Prediction of Mortality by an Imaging Severity Index Score

An elderly patient with altered mental status, brain abscesses, ventriculitis, and empyemas died of septic shock and brain abscesses secondary to Streptococcus anginosus despite aggressive treatment. An imaging severity index score with a better prognostic value than the Glasgow coma scale predicted...

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Main Author: K. O. Kragha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Radiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7040352

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