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ArticleSurgical neurology international2025

First reported case of

Dominic E Mahoney, Muhammad Shahzad, Mohammad Ashraf, Lewis Jones, Aditya Shivane, Samiul Muquit

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 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 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Dominic E MahoneySouthwest Neurosurgical Centre, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom.
Muhammad ShahzadSouthwest Neurosurgical Centre, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom.
Mohammad AshrafSchool of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Lewis JonesDepartment of Microbiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom.
Aditya ShivaneDepartment of Pathology, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom.
Samiul MuquitSouthwest Neurosurgical Centre, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Case Description: A 69-year-old woman presented following a collapse with symptoms including hypernatremia, new-onset atrial fibrillation, and thyrotoxicosis. Initial sepsis workup-including cerebrospinal fluid analysis-suggested possible encephalitis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic, contrast-enhancing pituitary lesion with central diffusion restriction. The patient underwent endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, with intraoperative findings consistent with abscess formation. Despite direct culture yielding no growth, 16S rRNA PCR of the aspirated fluid identified Conclusion: This case is the first to implicate

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16S ribosomal RNA polymerase chain reactionCapnocytophaga canimorsusPituitary abscess

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PMID41112391
PMCPMC12530829

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