Pyogenic Ventriculitis as Clinical Presentation of Diverticulitis

Can J Neurol Sci. 2016 Jul;43(4):576-7. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2016.4. Epub 2016 Mar 1.

Authors

Charlotte Dandurand¹, Laurent Letourneau², Chiraz Chaalala¹, Elsa Magro¹, Michel W Bojanowski¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Divisions of Neurosurgery,Division of Surgery,Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal,Quebec,Canada.
² 2Neuroradiology,Division of Surgery,Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal,Quebec,Canada.

PMID: 26928780
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2016.4

No abstract available

Keywords: Diverticulitis; Streptococcus anginosus; Streptococcus intermedius; Ventriculitis; brain abscess; liver abscess.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebral Ventriculitis / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Ventriculitis / physiopathology
Diverticulitis / diagnostic imaging
Diverticulitis / physiopathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Streptococcal Infections / complications*
Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Streptococcus intermedius / pathogenicity
Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed