Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review

A case of cryptogenic brain abscess caused by Gemella morbillorum is reported in a 28-year-old immunocompetent man who presented with seizures and hemiparesis. The patient underwent successful stereotactic drainage of the abscess with complete resolution of symptoms and radiographic evidence of reso...

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Autores principales: Abu-Heija, Ahmad A, Ajam, Mustafa, Veltman, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693165
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3612
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description A case of cryptogenic brain abscess caused by Gemella morbillorum is reported in a 28-year-old immunocompetent man who presented with seizures and hemiparesis. The patient underwent successful stereotactic drainage of the abscess with complete resolution of symptoms and radiographic evidence of resolution. We report the significant pathogenic potential of a normal commensal rarely identified in neurologic infections.
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spelling pubmed-63453542019-01-28 Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review Abu-Heija, Ahmad A Ajam, Mustafa Veltman, Jennifer Cureus Internal Medicine A case of cryptogenic brain abscess caused by Gemella morbillorum is reported in a 28-year-old immunocompetent man who presented with seizures and hemiparesis. The patient underwent successful stereotactic drainage of the abscess with complete resolution of symptoms and radiographic evidence of resolution. We report the significant pathogenic potential of a normal commensal rarely identified in neurologic infections. Cureus 2018-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6345354/ /pubmed/30693165 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3612 Text en Copyright © 2018, Abu-Heija et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_full Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Gemella morbillorum Cryptogenic Brain Abscess: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort gemella morbillorum cryptogenic brain abscess: a case report and literature review
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693165
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3612
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