A doctor on duty in Colorado was the first to diagnose subdural empyema.
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These often cause subdural empyema, and brain abscess, and rarely cause epidural abscess and meningitis.
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CNS infections can be isolated from subdural empyema and brain abscesses which are a result of chronic infections.
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According to his doctors, eight other people who experienced Rodeheaver's rare disorder, known as subdural empyema, weren't as lucky.
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The underlying arachnoid and subarachnoid spaces are usually unaffected, but a large subdural empyema may produce a mass effect.
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Bacterial or occasionally fungal infection of the skull bones or air sinuses can spread to the subdural space, producing a subdural empyema.
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There are few exceptions to this rule : " Haemophilus influenzae " meningitis is often associated with subdural effusions that are mistaken for subdural empyemas.