Haemophilus paraphrophilus brain abscess

Papasian, Christopher J.; Reintjes, Stephen; Rengachary, Setti S.; Neihart, Robert E.; Hodges, Glenn R.

doi:10.1016/0732-8893(87)90006-x

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“…Invasive infections are in half of the cases associated with dental disease or procedure 2. Haematological dissemination from the oral cavity can lead to numerous metastatic infections, such as endocarditis, brain abscess, meningitis, endophthalmia and liver abscess 3–5. In this case, such complications were absent and we ruled out an infectious endocarditis according to the modified Duke criteria 6.…”

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Lumbar septic arthritis and psoas abscess due to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

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Lagier³

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Invasive infections due to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus mainly include negative blood culture endocarditis and osteoarticular infections. The authors present herein a rare case of posterior septic arthritis related to A aphrophilus involving lumbar spine with contiguous abscesses of psoas and paravertebral muscles. The infection likely originated from oral cavity. A good outcome was observed after a prolonged and targeted antibiotherapy.

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