Eikenella corrodens brain abscess after repeated periodontal manipulations cured with imipenem and neurosurgery.
Eikenella corrodens is a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative 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...
| Publicado en: | Infection Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 240 - 243 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
| Formato: | case study diagnostic images Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2002
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