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Acta Pediatr Mex 2013; 34 (1)

Brain abscess caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus following a dental treatment in a girl. Report of a case

Vázquez-Toledo ME, Farfán-Quiroz R, Demontesinos-Sanpedro A

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 33-38
PDF size: 307.36 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We report the case of a six year old girl who developed three brain abscesses following a dental intervention (extraction of a tooth) two weeks before. The etiologic agent was identified as Haemophilus paraphrophilus, a gramnegative microorganism bacillus native microbiota of the oropharynx, nasopharynx and the gastrointestinal tract. The patient was given ceftriaxone due to the sensitivity of the microorganism, and metronidazole -because we couldn’t discard etiology by anaerobic- during six weeks. Surgical drainage of the abscesses was performed successfully. To date, the patient has minimal neurologic sequelae. The importance of this case is that is the second report in the international literature of brain abscess secondary to Haemophilus paraphrophilus in a pediatric patient and without associated heart disease.


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