Subdural empyema epidemiology and demographics
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Rare disorder accounting for 15-25% of focal CNS infections. It usually occurs in infancy and young adults (70% cases occurring in the second and third decades of life), being more frequent in men than women. It develops in 39-60% of the cases of pyogenic meningitis, but only in 1-2% of the cases of bacterial meningitis. [1][2], however sinusitis is the most common predisposing condition, typically involving the frontal air sinus alone or concomitantly with ethmoid and maxillary sinuses.[3]
References
- ↑ Wu TJ, Chiu NC, Huang FY (2008). "Subdural empyema in center". J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 41 (1): 62–7. PMID 18327428. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Greenlee JE (2003). "Subdural Empyema". Curr Treat Options Neurol. 5 (1): 13–22. PMID 12521560.
- ↑ Longo, Dan L. (Dan Louis) (2012). Harrison's principles of internal medici. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-174889-6.