Infectious brain abscesses and granulomas: analysis of 110 episodes in adults
Zahra Hesari, Mahboubeh Haddad, Fereshte Sheybani, Farzaneh Khoroushi, Ehsan Keykhosravi, Negar Morovatdar · 2024
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Description
Brain abscesses kill even with modern care, and their patterns in Iran deserved a census. Zahra Hesari and five co-authors collect in 2024 one hundred ten episodes over nine years at two referral centers in Mashhad. Headache and fever led the symptoms, and half the lesions were single.
Weakened immunity was the commonest background, followed by ear, sinus, and lung infections. Surgery reached just under half the patients, and one in four died in hospital. Older age, clouded consciousness, multiple lesions, and deep brain locations each marked higher risk. The stay averaged nearly a month. The authors urge faster diagnosis and attention to shifting microbes, above all in poorer health systems.
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| CREATOR | Zahra Hesari, Mahboubeh Haddad, Fereshte Sheybani, Farzaneh Khoroushi, Ehsan Keykhosravi, Negar Morovatdar |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |