Hematogenous pasteurella haemolytica brain abscess

Abstract

Pasteurella infections are common in domestic animals and very rare in human. We report a hematogenously acquired Pasteurella haemolytica brain abscess, mimicking brain tumor on magnetic resonance imaging, in an 18-year-old female patient known with cardiac interventricular communication, without recent history of animal contact. The outcome was good after abscess complete removal and antimicrobials therapy for 6 weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of P. haemolytica brain abscess.

Keywords: Brain abscess; Pasteurella haemolytica; hematogenous route.

Figure 1

Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium showing a right parietal rim-enhancing lesion

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Gram-stained smears photomicrograph showing Pasteurella haemolytica