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Eikenella corrodens Brain Abscess after Repeated Periodontal Manipulations Cured with Imipenem and Neurosurgery

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Eikenella corrodens is a facultatively anaerobic gramnegative rod that colonizes the oral cavity and very rarely produces central nervous system (CNS) infections. Frontal lobe abscesses are occasionally associated with a dental source of infection. We report a case of an adult man with overzealous dental cleaning habits who developed a right frontal brain abscess caused by E. corrodens. He underwent neurosurgical drainage of the pus and was successfully treated with imipenem 4 g/iv/day for 4 weeks with no complications. Repeated periodontal trauma could explain the Eikenella brain abscess in this case.

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  1. Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo University Medical School, C/Celestino Villamil s/n, E-33006 Oviedo,Spain, e-mail:vasensia@medynet.com, ES

    V. Asensi, J.A. Carton, J.A. Maradona & J.M. Arribas

  2. Dept. of Microbiology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo University Medical School, Spain, ES

    M. Alvarez

  3. Depts. of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo University Medical School, Spain, DE

    M. Lago & J.M. Asensi

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Received: January 12, 2001 · Revision accepted: December 8, 2001

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Asensi, V., Alvarez, M., Carton, J. et al. Eikenella corrodens Brain Abscess after Repeated Periodontal Manipulations Cured with Imipenem and Neurosurgery. Infection 30, 240–242 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2004-6

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