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Published on: December 17, 2015
Porphyromonas gingivalis causing brain abscess in patient with recurrent periodontitis
Jeong Rae Yoo1, Sang Taek Heo1, Miyeon Kim2
1Division of Infectious Disease, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, South Korea.
Abstract:
We report an extremely rare case of Porphyromonas gingivalis causing brain abscess in a patient with recurrent periodontitis. The patient presented with right-sided homonymous hemianopsia and right hemiparesis. Emergent surgical drainage was performed and antibiotics were administered. P. gingivalis was identified from the anaerobic culture of the abscess. The clinical course of the patient improved with full recovery of the neurologic deficit.
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