Sulphur granules and red herrings: difficulties in anaerobic brain abscess diagnosis

An initially diagnosed actinomycotic brain abscess was reclassified to Campylobacter gracilis. Structural similarities between Gram-positive anaerobes highlight the diagnostic difficulties in identifying brain abscess-causing organisms. Advances in microbial identification have led to new species an...

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Published in:The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2006-06, Vol.36 (2), p.115-116
Main Authors: Demetriades, AK, Naik, S, Liebenberg, AW, Donaldson, P, Gunasekera, L
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Language:English
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Summary:An initially diagnosed actinomycotic brain abscess was reclassified to Campylobacter gracilis. Structural similarities between Gram-positive anaerobes highlight the diagnostic difficulties in identifying brain abscess-causing organisms. Advances in microbial identification have led to new species and genera recognition and reclassification of existing taxa. Awareness of these is necessary in order to understand the role of newly-described/reclassified organisms in disease processes.
ISSN:1478-2715
2042-8189
DOI:10.1177/1478271520063602006