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Case Reports
. 1990 Spring;1(1):31-4.
doi: 10.1155/1990/172985.

Brain abscess due to Wolinella recta and Streptococcus intermedius

T J Marrie  1 , E Kerr
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Case Reports

Brain abscess due to Wolinella recta and Streptococcus intermedius

T J Marrie et al. Can J Infect Dis. 1990 Spring.

Abstract

The authors present a case of a 62-year-old female with a frontal lobe brain abscess caused by Wolinella recta and two strains of Streptococcus intermedius. One of the strains of S intermedius was resistant to penicillin. Resolution of the abscess required 60 days of antibiotic therapy and aspiration on four occasions. The source of the brain abscess could not be determined. This is the first case in which W recta has been isolated from a brain abscess.

Keywords: Brain abscess; Streptococcus; Wolinella.

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Figure 1)
Computed axial tomographic scan of brain abscess done on the first hospital day. Note the large contrast-enhancing ring lesion in the left frontal lobe. Also note compression of the left lateral ventricle and shift of the midline structures to the right
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