title: Streptococcus oralis cerebral abscess following monkey bite in a 2-month-old infant.
abstract: Although cerebral abscesses caused by animal bites have been reported, they are extremely rare in infants and have not been described following monkey bite. A 55-day-old male infant presented with a multi-loculated Streptococcus oralis cerebral abscess following a monkey bite on the scalp. There was a clinical response to antibiotic therapy and repeated surgical aspiration followed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. This is the first report of a patient with a brain abscess following a monkey bite.
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Paediatrics.
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thiagarajan
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Paediatrics.
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Paediatrics.
authors.forename: Renitha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Paediatrics.
authors.forename: Subramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.affiliation: b Neurosurgery.
authors.forename: Venkatesh S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Madhugiri
authors.affiliation: c Microbiology , Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research ( JIPMER) , Pondicherry , India.
authors.forename: Sujatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sistla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019533:Streptococcus oralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: Cerebral abscess; Monkey bite; Streptococcus oralis