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Actinomycotic brain abscess

MedGen UID:
83265
•Concept ID:
C0338434
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Actinomycotic Cerebral Abscess; Cerebral actinomycoma
SNOMED CT: Cerebral actinomycoma (230209006); Actinomycotic brain abscess (230209006)

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVActinomycotic brain abscess

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Current concepts in the management of pyogenic brain abscess.
Sharma BS, Gupta SK, Khosla VK
Neurol India 2000 Jun;48(2):105-11. PMID: 10878771

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with actinomycotic brain abscess: a rare association.
Rohit M, Gupta A, Gupta A
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Jun;50(6):660-1. Epub 2014 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.01.045. PMID: 24726259
Actinomycotic brain abscess.
Benito León J, Muñoz A, León PG, Rivas JJ, Ramos A
Neurologia 1998 Aug-Sep;13(7):357-61. PMID: 9810799

Diagnosis

Brain abscess caused by chronic invasive actinomycosis in the nasopharynx: A case report and literature review.
Hwang CS, Lee H, Hong MP, Kim JH, Kim KS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Apr;97(16):e0406. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010406. PMID: 29668598Free PMC Article
Utility of in vitro proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in aetiological characterisation of brain abscesses.
Menon S, Bharadwaj R, Chowdhary AS, Kaundinya DV, Palande DA
Indian J Med Microbiol 2010 Oct-Dec;28(4):348-53. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.71832. PMID: 20966567
Actinomycotic brain abscess.
Benito León J, Muñoz A, León PG, Rivas JJ, Ramos A
Neurologia 1998 Aug-Sep;13(7):357-61. PMID: 9810799
Actinomycotic brain abscess: CT findings.
Millán JM, Escudero L, Roger RL, de la Fuente M, Díez I
J Comput Assist Tomogr 1985 Sep-Oct;9(5):976-8. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198509000-00030. PMID: 4031181
Transplantation of cerebral actinomycosis simulating malignant brain tumor into nude mice. Report of a case.
Dávid K, Németh P, Horváth Z, Bartalos L, Horváth A, Hegedüs G
Zentralbl Neurochir 1985;46(4):331-6. PMID: 3841703

Therapy

Brain abscess caused by chronic invasive actinomycosis in the nasopharynx: A case report and literature review.
Hwang CS, Lee H, Hong MP, Kim JH, Kim KS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Apr;97(16):e0406. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010406. PMID: 29668598Free PMC Article
Actinomycotic brain abscess and subdural empyema of odontogenic origin: case report and review of the literature.
Haggerty CJ, Tender GC
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2012 Mar;70(3):e210-3. Epub 2011 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.09.035. PMID: 22209103
Actinomycotic brain abscess successfully treated by burr hole aspiration and short course antimicrobial therapy.
Jamjoom AB, Jamjoom ZA, al-Hedaithy SS
Br J Neurosurg 1994;8(5):545-50. doi: 10.3109/02688699409002946. PMID: 7857534
Actinomycotic brain abscess.
Sharma BS, Banerjee AK, Sobti MK, Kak VK
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1990;92(4):373-6. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(90)90069-h. PMID: 1963833
Secondary actinomycotic brain abscess: isolation of a new species and review.
Prolo DJ, Hanbery JW
Arch Surg 1968 Jan;96(1):58-64. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1968.01330190060014. PMID: 4965705

Prognosis

Acute actinomycotic brain abscess in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Shintaku M, Kono F, Ando K, Kobayashi Y, Hasegawa H, Tsutsumi Y
Neuropathology 2020 Dec;40(6):641-645. Epub 2020 Nov 18 doi: 10.1111/neup.12699. PMID: 33210383
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation with actinomycotic brain abscess: a rare association.
Rohit M, Gupta A, Gupta A
Pediatr Neurol 2014 Jun;50(6):660-1. Epub 2014 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.01.045. PMID: 24726259
Actinomycotic brain abscess successfully treated by burr hole aspiration and short course antimicrobial therapy.
Jamjoom AB, Jamjoom ZA, al-Hedaithy SS
Br J Neurosurg 1994;8(5):545-50. doi: 10.3109/02688699409002946. PMID: 7857534

Clinical prediction guides

Acute actinomycotic brain abscess in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Shintaku M, Kono F, Ando K, Kobayashi Y, Hasegawa H, Tsutsumi Y
Neuropathology 2020 Dec;40(6):641-645. Epub 2020 Nov 18 doi: 10.1111/neup.12699. PMID: 33210383
Utility of in vitro proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in aetiological characterisation of brain abscesses.
Menon S, Bharadwaj R, Chowdhary AS, Kaundinya DV, Palande DA
Indian J Med Microbiol 2010 Oct-Dec;28(4):348-53. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.71832. PMID: 20966567

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