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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Case Report: Pediatric pontine abscess and ecthyma gangrenosum due to

Jonathan Theros, Madison Wolfe, Larry Kociolek, Irini N Kolaitis

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Jonathan TherosThe Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Madison WolfeAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Larry KociolekThe Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Irini N KolaitisThe Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brainstem abscesses are remarkably rare, with only a few reports in the pediatric literature. Their presence portends high morbidity and mortality and most commonly present in the setting of immunodeficiency. A 5-year-old boy with a history of recurrent acute otitis media presented to the emergency department with rash, otorrhea, confusion, and fever. He was found to be in septic shock secondary to

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brainstem abscessecthyma gangrenonsumimmunodeficiencyinfectious diseaseneurosurgerypontine abscesspseudomonassepsis

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PMID39944314
PMCPMC11814207

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