title: An 11-year-old girl with right-sided weakness secondary to cerebral abscesses: a case report.
abstract: A previously healthy 11-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with 8 days of headache and right-sided weakness was found to have 2 cerebral abscesses. Brain abscess is an uncommon finding for children in the emergency department. With this case, we review the clinical presentation, evaluation, and management of this unusual but potentially life-threatening condition.
authors: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, RAND-University of Pittsburgh Scholar, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. tiffani.johnson@chp.edu
authors: Tiffani J
authors: TJ
authors: Johnson
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: King
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D034364:Streptococcus milleri Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents