The man with the boggy head: cranial melioidosis

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The man with the boggy head: cranial melioidosis

Melioidosis is known to cause abscesses in various organs, including the cranium, though less commonly. We present a patient with scalp abscess and subdural empyema that was visible on computed tomography of the brain. The neurosurgical drainage grew Burkholderia pseudomallei. Despite our best effor...

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Main Authors:	Kuan, Yeh Chunn, How, Soon Hin, Ng, Teck Han, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore Medical Association 2010
Subjects:	RC Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/12683/1/Cranial_melioidosis.pdf

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