Otogenous Temporal Lobe Brain Abscess Which was Caused by Enterococcus Faecalis : A Case Report
Published: June 1, 2012 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2012/.2204
Latha R.,
Rajbhaskar R.,
Kavitha K.,
Senthil Pragash D.,
Vinod R.
1. Associate Professor
2. Assistant Professor
3. Assistant Professor
4. Post Graduate Student
5. Post Graduate Student
NAME OF DEPARTMENT(S)/INSTITUTION(S) TO WHICH
THE WORK IS ATT RIBUTED:
Department of Microbiology & Neurosurgery
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital
Pondicherry, India - 607402
Correspondence
Dr. Latha R.
Associate professor
Department of Microbiology,
Aarupadai veedu Medical College & Hospital
Pondicherry, India.- 607402
Latha_kumar71@yahoo.com
Brain abscess is a serious life threatening complication of the otitis media. We are reporting here, a case of an otogenic brain abscess which was caused by Enterococcus faecalis in a 10 year old male child. Computerized tomography (CT) revealed a right temporal lobe abscess. Culture yielded a pure growth of Enterococcus faecalis. The patient was successfully treated with burr hole aspiration, broad spectrum intravenous antibiotic therapy and tympanomastoidectomy.
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