Brain abscesses can be highly lethal if appropriate treatment is not administered, and reports of such an abscess caused by Enterococcus avium are very rare. Here,we report a case of a 48-year-old man presenting with chronic otitis media. He initially presented with a headache and right otalgia. An otoscopic evaluation performed on the day of admission showed exudation of fresh pus from the rig...

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacilli that exhibits predilection to infect the central nervous system in immunocompromised individuals, especially those with hematologic malignancy, immunosuppressive agents use including corticosteroid, diabetes mellitus, and HIV infection. The most common manifestations include meningitis and rhombencephalitis, but brain abscess occurs rarely. Ther...

(Continued from page 28.) 8 and 9. Brain abscess.?The importance of middle-ear disease as a cause of brain abscess is very great; for it is estimated that from 40% to 50% (Gowers, 42 % ; Barker, 50%) of all brain abscesses which occur without external wound are due to suppurative otitis media. As to the position which an abscess in the brain from ear disease may occupy, statistics have been com...

Despite the advent of modern neurosurgical techniques, new antibiotics, and new powerful imaging technologies, brain abscess remains a potentially fatal central nervous system infection.1 A brain abscess is a focal, intracerebral infection that begins as a localized area of cerebritis and develops into a collection of pus surrounded by a wellvascularized capsule.2 It results from direct extensi...

background tuberculous brain abscess is an extremely rare manifestation of tuberculous involvement of the central nervous system. in countries such as india where tuberculosis is fairly common, few cases of tuberculous brain abscess have been reported. patient the patient was an 8-year old boy presented with the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and a history of tonic and clonic convulsions since 2 ...

Background: Brain abscesses is of high morbidity and mortality despite medical advances. Today we present a single institution's experience with continuous irrigation and drainage with double cavity catheter in the treatment of brain abscess. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 16 cases of brain abscess who underwent continuous irrigation and drainage with double cavity catheter surgical treat...

While Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults, cases of pneumococcal brain abscess have rarely been reported. We describe a case of otogenic brain abscess caused by S. pneumoniae that developed in a patient who was receiving ciprofloxacin for the empirical treatment of otitis media. We also review 23 additional cases of pyogenic brain abscess caused b...