Central nervous system (CNS) actinomycosis is a rare, serious, life-threatening, suppurative infection caused by Actinomyces species. are anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria, which can be normally isolated from the polymicrobial flora of gastrointestinal- and genital tracts. They considered very low virulent bacteria to humans. However, they lead several types local or disseminated infections, if ...

IMPROVED treatment of acute and chronic otitis media has led to a significant reduction in the incidence of intracranial complications of otogenic origin. Modern surgical technique and the use of antibacterial agents have made these complications relatively rare and greatly improved their prognosis. Otogenic meningitis is still the most frequent complication (Nager, 1966), while cases of brain ...

Thalassemia is one of the most worrying hemolytic disorder with wide range evolving clinical alterations based on type, severity affected hematopoietic mechanisms and repeated transfusions to correct underlying anemia.We present a 13 year old female patient diagnosed thalassemia major showing features cranial extra medullary hematopoiesis severe intracranial infections in form cerebellar absces...

RATIONALE The aim of the study was to evaluate stereotactic biopsy for diagnosing intracranial lesions in patients with AIDS. PATIENT CONCERNS Seven AIDS patients with an intracranial lesion who underwent stereotactic biopsy were included in this retrospective study (4 males and 3 females, 15 to 49 years old). The patients' disease history ranged from 1 month to 1 year. The samples were exami...