Open AccessBacillus cereus causing intratumoral brain abscess
Author(s) -
Karnika Saigal,
Vikas Gautam,
Gagandeep Singh,
Pallab Ray
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.191799
Subject(s) - bacillus cereus , brain abscess , abscess , medicine , lesion , piperacillin , surgery , cereus , piperacillin/tazobactam , biology , bacteria , genetics , pseudomonas aeruginosa
We report a case of intratumoral brain abscess due to Bacillus cereus in an adult male patient, which was managed successfully with excision of lesion and piperacillin-tazobactam for the duration of 5 weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first case report of B. cereus infection leading to intratumoral brain abscess in a patient with a history of steroid administration by the intravenous route.