Brain abscess due to Gemella haemolysans

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May;42(5):2338-40. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2338-2340.2004.

Abstract

We present a case of brain abscess due to Gemella haemolysans and Bacteroides species in a 60-year-old-immunocompetent man who underwent dental procedures. The patient completely recovered following intravenous therapy with ampicillin and metronidazole for 6 weeks.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteroides / isolation & purification
  • Bacteroides / pathogenicity
  • Bacteroides Infections / drug therapy
  • Bacteroides Infections / etiology
  • Bacteroides Infections / microbiology
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / etiology*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Staphylococcaceae / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcaceae / pathogenicity*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Metronidazole
  • Ampicillin