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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2021

Repeated intracranial empyema following cranioplasty in a patient with atopic dermatitis: a case report.

Shuhei Kubota, Masaaki Nemoto, Yuki Sakaeyama, Chie Nakada, Masataka Mikai, Yutaka Fuchinoue, Kosuke Kondo, Naoyuki Harada, Nobuo Sugo

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shuhei KubotaDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan. shuuhei.kubota@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Masaaki NemotoDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Yuki SakaeyamaDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Chie NakadaDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Masataka MikaiDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Yutaka FuchinoueDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Kosuke KondoDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Naoyuki HaradaDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Nobuo SugoDepartment of Neurosurgery (Omori), School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 6-11-1, Omori-nishi, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Toho University · JPToho University Omori Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with pruritus. Skin affected by atopic dermatitis not only shows a high percentage of Staphylococcus aureus colonization, but corneal barrier dysfunction is also known to occur. It is considered a risk factor for bacterial infections in various areas of the body. However, the relationship between atopic dermatitis and bacterial infection following neurological surgery has not yet been reported. Here, we present a case of atopic dermatitis in which the surgical site became infected twice and finally resolved only after the atopic dermatitis was treated. CASE PRESENTATION: A 50-year-old Japanese woman with atopic dermatitis underwent cerebral aneurysm clipping to prevent impending rupture. Postoperatively, she developed repeated epidural empyema following titanium cranioplasty. As a result of atopic dermatitis treatment with oral antiallergy medicines and external heparinoids, postoperative infection was suppressed by using an absorbable plastic plate for cranioplasty. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful for 16 months.

conclusionsAtopic dermatitis is likely to cause surgical-site infection in neurosurgical procedures, and the use of a metal implant could promote the development of surgical-site infection in patients with dermatitis.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicEmpyemaStaphylococcal InfectionsFemaleHumansMiddle AgedSkinStaphylococcus aureusAtopic dermatitisCranioplastyStaphylococcus aureusSurgical-site infection

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PMID34261534
PMCPMC8281563
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