Intracranial Suppuration Secondary to Trauma

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INTRACRANIAL suppuration is a potential complication of infection caused byNocardia asteroides. When the central nervous system is involved by this process, hematogenous dissemination from a pulmonary focus is assumed to have occurred, although this is not always possible to prove. Traumatic nocardial infection has been reported but is extremely unusual. This is a case report of a patient who sustained an injury to the head that eventually led to an infection caused byNocardia asteroides. Report of a Case A 36-year-old, healthy construction worker was admitted to The Fairfax Hospital on Dec 26, 1972, because of an injury sustained at work when he was struck in the face by a metal wedge. He suffered a trimallar fracture on the left side and had violation of the left maxillary and ethmoidal sinuses. At surgery, it was noted that there was destruction to part of the left frontal lobe and that

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