Brain Infection After Cesarean Section: A Case of Subdural Empyema Post-Cesarean Section
| Author | Mohammad Shirvani | en |
| Author | Hamed Delam | en |
| Author | Maryam Karimizade | en |
| Orcid | Hamed Delam [0000-0003-2054-4892] | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-10-31 | en |
| Abstract | We report a rare case of parieto-frontal subdural empyema after a cesarean section. A 23 years old woman with a history of cesarean section, two weeks prior to admission, presented to the emergency room with the chief complaints of a headache, fever (39.5°C), nausea, vomiting, aphasia, tonic colonic movements, and a Glasgow coma scale score of 10/15 two weeks after a cesarean section. A subdural fluid collection in parieto-frontal on the left side was demonstrated in the brain MRI. She received rapidly an anticonvulsant drug (diazepam) and empirical board-spectrum antibiotics (vancomycin, metronidazole, and ceftriaxone) and subsequently underwent an urgent craniotomy. Antibiotic therapy continued for 4 weeks, the patient symptoms and signs improved, and she was discharged with a Glasgow coma scale score of 15/15 without neurological deficit and seizure. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ans.65254 | en |
| URI | https://brieflands.com/journals/ans/articles/65254 | en |
| Keyword | Antibacterial Agent | en |
| Keyword | Infection | en |
| Keyword | Surgical Procedure | en |
| Keyword | Therapeutics | en |
| Keyword | Brain | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Brain Infection After Cesarean Section: A Case of Subdural Empyema Post-Cesarean Section | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |