Respiratory foreign bodies and Eikenella corrodens brain abscess in two children.
We report the coexistence of aspirated foreign bodies and brain abscess in two boys. One child had aspirated a metallic needle, and in the other boy partially embedded sunflower seeds were found in the bronchial wall. Both patients had growth of Eikenella corrodens (oral gram-negative flora) from the abscess. Aspirated foreign body in the respiratory tract should be one of the diagnostic considerations if any of the normal oropharyngeal organisms such as E. corrodens is the causative organism of brain abscess.
Sane
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA.
Faerber
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Belani
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents