Anaerobic brain abscess

Brain abscess remains a potentially fatal central nervous system (CNS) disease, especially in developing countries. Anaerobic abscess is difficult to diagnose because of cumbersome procedures associated with the isolation of anaerobes. This is a hospital-based retrospective microbiological analysis...

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Published in:Iranian journal of microbiology 2016-04, Vol.8 (2), p.120-124
Main Authors: Sudhaharan, Sukanya, Chavali, Padmasri, Vemu, Lakshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
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cyanotic heart disease
GENbag anaer
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otitis media
trauma
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Summary:Brain abscess remains a potentially fatal central nervous system (CNS) disease, especially in developing countries. Anaerobic abscess is difficult to diagnose because of cumbersome procedures associated with the isolation of anaerobes. This is a hospital-based retrospective microbiological analysis of 430 brain abscess materials (purulent aspirates and/or tissue), for anaerobic organisms, that were received between 1987-2014, by the Microbiology Laboratory in our Institute. Culture showed growth of bacteria 116/430 (27%) of the cases of which anaerobes were isolated in 48/116 (41.1%) of the cases. Peptostreptococcus (51.4 %), was the predominant organism isolated in four cases followed by Bacteroides and Peptococcus species. Early diagnosis and detection of these organisms would help in the appropriate management of these patients.
ISSN:2008-3289
2008-4447