title: Brain abscess secondary to frontal osteomyelitis.
abstract: Frontal osteomyelitis is a rare complication of sinusitis. Common intracranial complications of the frontal osteomyelitis are meningitis, epidural empyema, subdural empyema and brain abscess. We described a case of frontal osteomyelitis with brain abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus with improve after needle aspiration and antibiotics to brain abscess for eight weeks and for chronic osteomyelitis for four months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diesases, School of Medicine/University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe Francisco
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Tuon
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nicodemo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002981:Clindamycin