Group C Streptococcal Leptomeningitis and Brain Abscess Secondary to Frontal Sinusitis: A Case Report | Zendy

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Group C Streptococcal Leptomeningitis and Brain Abscess Secondary to Frontal Sinusitis: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Koenigsberg Robert A,

Roman Nancy,

Turtz Alan,

Goldman Warren

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

journal of neuroimaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1552-6569

pISSN - 1051-2284

DOI - 10.1111/jon199444239

Subject(s) - medicine , brain abscess , pathogen , sinusitis , streptococcus , virulence , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , abscess , meningitis , population , group a , immunology , surgery , bacteria , biology , biochemistry , environmental health , gene , genetics

Group C streptococcus has emerged as a potentially lethal pathogen causing serious intracranial infections. The pediatric population in particular has been susceptible to this pathogen; its virulence has increased due to antibiotic resistance. This organism has rarely been reported in the literature as a cause of brain abscess [1‐5]. Herein is a report of pansinusitis secondary to group C streptococcus, complicated by an extensive intracranial infection in an adolescent.

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