Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Case Report
Uncommon Strain for an Intracranial Infection: Bacillus Simplex as Suspected Cause of Brain Abscess
| Alessandro Pesce*, Giada Toccaceli and Giancarlo D Andrea | |
| Neurosurgery Division, NESMOS Department, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy | |
| *Corresponding Author : | Alessandro Pesce Neurosurgery Division, NESMOS Department Sapienza University, Roma, Italy Tel: 393408094246 E-mail: ale_pesce83@yahoo.it |
| Rec date: Jan 21, 2016; Acc date: Mar 17, 2016; Pub date: Mar 19, 2016 | |
| Citation: Pesce A, Toccaceli G, Andrea GD (2016) Uncommon Strain for an Intracranial Infection: Bacillus Simplex as Suspected Cause of Brain Abscess. J Neuroinfect Dis 7:209. doi:10.4172/2314-7326.1000209 | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Pesce A, 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. | |
Abstract
Brain abscess is a serious life threatening condition. Leading causes include open head injury, history of neurosurgical procedure, dissemination from distant abscessual foci, sepsis, continuity spreading. Most common pathogens involved in genesis of brain abscesses are Streptococcus and Staphylococcus spp. depending on the pathogenetic mechanism. The aim of this study is to report a brain abscess sustained by Bacillus Simplex, a microorganism thought to be responsible of food-borne diseases, whose marginal role is recognized in human pathology, but in this case, for the first time in literature, described as suspected as cause of brain abscess.
