Abscesses of the frontal lobe of the brain secondary to covert dental sepsis.
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.
D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000150:complications; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000150:complications; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000150:complications; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D001443:Prevotella melaninogenica; D011425:Propionibacterium acnes; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications