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Case Reports
. 2010 Jan;2(1):67-9.
doi: 10.4103/0974-777X.59255.

Enterococcal Cerebellopontine Angle Abscess in a 12-year-old Female

Alka Sonavane  1 , Vasant Baradkar, Simit Kumar
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Case Reports

Enterococcal Cerebellopontine Angle Abscess in a 12-year-old Female

Alka Sonavane et al. J Glob Infect Dis. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Despite advances in imaging and antibiotic treatment, brain abscess is still encountered occasionally. Various aerobic and anaerobic bacteria have been reported as causative agents of brain abscess but only a few cases of enterococcal brain abscesses have been reported. Here we report a case of brain abscess in a 12-year-old female patient, who presented with a history of fever, chills, headache, convulsions since seven days and history of altered sensorium and aphasia since the last two days. The patient had chronic suppurative otitis media of both ears following trauma and presented with ear discharge. The diagnosis of brain abscess was done by computerized tomography scan and the pus was aspirated by left suboccipital burr hole operation. Enterococcus species was cultured from the aspirated pus sample. The patient responded to surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment.

Keywords: Brain abscess; Computerized tomography; Enterococcus species.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Hypodense extra axial lesion with peripheral rim enhancement measuring approximately 4.4 × 3.5 × 3.0 cm suggestive of abscess
Figure 2
Figure 2
Gram stained smear showing oval, Gram positive cocci in pairs - arranged end to end
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