Fatal case of subdural empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus and Slackia exigua

• Main Authors: Yuki Munekata (Author), Saki Yamamoto (Author), Shun Kato (Author), Yutaro Kitagawa (Author), Ken Enda (Author), Nanase Okazaki (Author), Satoshi Tanikawa (Author), Zen-ichi Tanei (Author), Yohei Ikebe (Author), Takahiro Osawa (Author), Soichiro Takamiya (Author), Hideki Ujiie (Author), Masahiro Onozawa (Author), Satoshi Hirano (Author), Miki Fujimura (Author), Shinya Tanaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a fatal subdural empyema caused by Campylobacter rectus in a 66-year-old female who developed acute onset of confusion, dysarthria, and paresis in her left extremities. A CT scan showed hypodensity in a crescentic formation with a mild mid-line shift. She had a bruise on her forehead cause...