Fusobacterial brain abscess caused by paradoxical embolization associated with Ebstein's anomaly in an adult patient: A case report.
Brain abscess
Ebstein's anomaly
Fusobacterium nucleatum
MALDI
Paradoxical embolism
Journal
Anaerobe
ISSN: 1095-8274
Titre abrégé: Anaerobe
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9505216
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2020
Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
28
03
2019
revised:
19
07
2019
accepted:
06
08
2019
pubmed:
10
8
2019
medline:
2
10
2020
entrez:
10
8
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Brain abscess remains a life-threatening condition. Here, we are reporting a case of brain abscess due to Fusobacterium nucleatum in a previously known case of Ebstein anomaly. A 44-year-old male presented with the complaints of headache, and fever. Cerebral imaging revealed parieto-occipital (PO) abscess. The abscess was drained and culture showed growth of Fusobacterium nucleatum. This report illustrates the importance of considering anaerobes as the cause of brain abscess, underscores the usefulness of MALDI, which facilitated the selection of appropriate and prompt adjuvant antibiotic therapy and a favourable outcome.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31398389
pii: S1075-9964(19)30144-1
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102084
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102084Informations de copyright
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