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Cerebral Abscess Secondary to Mild Scalp Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review
| Guichen Li, Yang Zhang, Xiaobo Zhu, Kun Hou* | |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Changchun, Jilin, China | |
| Corresponding Author : | Kun Hou Department of Neurosurgery Changchun, Jilin, China Tel: 18704479380 E-mail: hkyyayz@yeah.net |
| Received: May 22, 2015; Accepted: June 15, 2015; Published: June 18, 2015 | |
| Citation: Kun Hou (2015) Cerebral Abscess Secondary to Mild Scalp Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Neuroinfect Dis 6:177. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.S1-005. | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Ya-fen L, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
The mortality and morbidity of cerebral abscess has greatly decreased since the widespread usage of antibiotics. Victims of cerebral abscess are often predisposed to many risk factors such as otitis, mastoiditis, sinusitis, immunodeficiency, blood infection and congenital defects. But cerebral abscess secondary to mild scalp infection is scarcely reported. We would like to report on a case of cerebral abscess secondary to the delayed diagnosis and management of a mild scalp infection. We will also discuss the possible mechanisms of intracranial spreading and draw a lesson that we can learn from it with a literature review. Mild scalp infection is a risk factor of cerebral abscess and we should not take it as insignificant. Timely and appropriate management is essential to avoid unintended outcomes.
