Open AccessHematogenous pasteurella haemolytica brain abscess
Author(s) -
Mehdi Darmoul,
Atef Ben Nsir,
Mohamed Kilani,
Mohamed Nejib Hattab
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of neurosciences in rural practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0976-3147
pISSN - 0976-3155
DOI - 10.4103/0976-3147.133608
Subject(s) - medicine , brain abscess , abscess , magnetic resonance imaging , pasteurella , surgery , radiology , bacteria , genetics , biology
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.