Abscesses of the frontal lobe of the brain secondary to covert dental sepsis.

Lancet (London, England) ·Vol. 2 ·No. 8088 ·1978-09-02 ·Pages 497-9

Ingham HR, Kalbag RM, Tharagonnet D, High AS, Sengupta RP, Selkon JB

Abstract

The bacterial species found in pus aspirated from brain abscesses in two patients were typical of those found in dental sepsis. Subsequently apical-root abscesses were demonstrated in the upper jaws of both patients. This evidence strongly suggests that these cerebral abscesses were secondary to dental sepsis which could have spread from the teeth to the frontal lobes by several possible antaomical pathways.

MeSH Terms

Actinobacillus Infections/complications Actinomycosis/complications Adult Bacteroides Infections/complications Brain Abscess/etiology,microbiology Chronic Disease Corynebacterium Infections/complications Eikenella corrodens Focal Infection, Dental/complications Frontal Lobe Fusobacterium Infections/complications Humans Male Periapical Abscess/complications,microbiology Prevotella melaninogenica Propionibacterium acnes Streptococcal Infections/complications

Authors & Affiliations

6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Ingham H R

Kalbag R M

Tharagonnet D

High A S

Sengupta R P

Selkon J B

Article Info

Journal

Lancet (London, England)

Abbr.

Lancet

ISSN

0140-6736

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(78)92220-1

Published

1978-09-02

Pages

497-9

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

2985213R

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)92220-1 View journal details

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