Chronic mastoiditis and subperiosteal abscess are rarely seen nowadays in most countries. Thirty-four cases of mastoiditis were reviewed to find out the prevalence of chronic mastoiditis in the east coast of Malaysia. Twenty (58.82%) of these cases were a sequelae of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma. All the patients with chronic mastoiditis were more than six years old. Fort...

Background: Nocardial brain abscess is a rare central nervous system (CNS) infection with high morbidity and mortality. The infection is acquired through inhalation or direct contact with the bacteria, and could spreads through blood transmission. Nocardial brain abscess is usually associated with immunocompromised patients, but sometimes may appear in healthy individuals. Treatment is based on...

Nocardial brain abscess is a rare central nervous system (CNS) infection with high morbidity and mortality. Nocardial brain abscess is usually associated with immunocompromised patients, but sometimes may appear in healthy individuals. Clinical presentation: We report a case of nocardial brain abscess treated at our department in an immunocompetent patient who was initially treated for CNS tube...

Intracranial calcifications are relatively common computed tomographic findings in the field of neurosurgery, and cysticercosis, tuberculosis, HIV, and cryptococcus are acquired intracranial infections typically associated with calcifications. However, intracranial calcification caused by a bacterial brain abscess is rare. Here, we present a rare case of intracranial calcification caused by a b...

Infectious complications of closed reduction and percutaneous pinning of supracondylar humerus fractures are exceedingly rare. Although postoperative Pseudomonas infection is a feared complication associated with noncompliance and a wet cast, there are no reports in the literature of this occurring. We present the devastating complication of a pediatric patient who developed Pseudomonas aerugin...