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ArticleClinical case reports2018

Intracranial subdural abscess with polymicrobial infections due to frontal sinusitis in an adolescent: life-threatening complication of a common disease.

Arata Hibi, Yoshinobu Amakusa

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arata HibiDivision of Nephrology and Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine Kariya Toyota General Hospital 5-15, Sumiyoshi-cho Kariya Aichi 448-8505 Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5941-5679
Yoshinobu AmakusaDepartment of Neurology Kariya Toyota General Hospital 5-15, Sumiyoshi-cho Kariya Aichi 448-8505 Japan.
Kariya Toyota General Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracranial abscess is one of the most serious complications of frontal sinusitis, particularly among adolescents, even in the absence of odontogenic infection. Polymicrobial infections due to anaerobes are common. Because antibiotic therapy alone is usually ineffective, early endoscopic sinus surgery is the key for infection control and good clinical outcomes.

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Frontal sinusitisintracranial subdural abscesspolymicrobial infections

Identifiers

PMID29531731
PMCPMC5838286
OpenAlexW2800553474

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