Open AccessAbsceso cerebral por Actinomyces sp.: una infección infrecuente en niños. A propósito de un caso
Author(s) -
Nancy De Olivera,
Lorena Pardo,
Natalia González Rojas,
Gonzalo Costa,
Virginia Kanopa,
Ángeles Rodríguez,
Gustavo Giachetto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2021.e621
Subject(s) - medicine , brain abscess , gynecology , actinomyces , abscess , antibiotic therapy , antibiotics , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Despite advances in diagnostic and treatment techniques, intracranial infections remain serious diseases with an estimated incidence of between 0.3 and 1.3 cases/100,000 inhabitants. We present a previously healthy patient with an intraoperative diagnostic of brain abscess, in whom although the culture showed polymicrobial development, Actinomyces sp was presumptively identified in the pathological anatomy. Given this finding, prolonged combined antibiotic therapy was performed with good evolution. Absceso cerebral por Actinomyces sp.: una infección infrecuente en niños. A propósito de un caso Actinomyces sp. brain abscess: a rare infection in children. A case report The presentation of this suppurative process was nonspecific and the contribution of the anatomopathology in the etiological diagnosis was relevant. The identification of an unusual microorganism defined the need to deepen the identification of predisposing factors.