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Revista Med
versión impresa ISSN 0121-5256versión On-line ISSN 1909-7700
Resumen
OROZCO, ANDRÉS FELIPE y MONSALVE D., GUILLERMO A.. BRAIN ABSCESS FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI: A SIMPLE DIARRHEA, DOCTOR?. rev.fac.med [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.2, pp.243-248. ISSN 0121-5256.
A case of a 20 year-old soldier, who developed a brain abscess from Escherichia coli after a 7 day episode of diarrhea, is presented. The clinical course of the disease, its treatment and the different aetiologies of brain abscesses are discussed, emphasizing the importance of the follow up of diarrheic diseases no matter how simple they may look.
Palabras clave : brain abscess; Escherichia coli; diarrhea.