title: [Actinomyces viscosus in subdural empyema].
abstract: The authors describe the finding of Actinomyces viscosus in pus from a subdural empyema in a child patient. When searching for the probable primary source of this uncommon infection of the central nervous system the authors identified by cultivation the same bacterial strain in a periapical dental granuloma. Bacterial diagnosis and radical surgical and antimicrobial therapy led to normalization of a clinical condition with an initially unfavourable prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Ustav lékarské mikrobiologie, Fakultní nemocnice v Motole, Praha.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bébrová
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lochmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tichý
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nyc
mesh_terms: D016924:Actinomyces viscosus; D000196:Actinomycosis; D000293:Adolescent; D013354:Empyema, Subdural / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Actinomyces viscosus v subdurálním empyému.