Brain Abscess and Dental Infections
Odontogenic infections may cause brain abscesses. Although infrequent, infections can lead to development of aggressive brain lesions that may be life-threatening for patients. With the advent of new antibiotic treatments, dental abscesses appear to be under control but all patients with high risk o...
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author | Johana Maraby-Salgado Samer S. Hoz Alexis Narvaez-Rojas Guru Dutta Satyarthee Loraine Quintana-Pajaro Alfonso Pacheco-Hernandez Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar |
author_facet | Johana Maraby-Salgado Samer S. Hoz Alexis Narvaez-Rojas Guru Dutta Satyarthee Loraine Quintana-Pajaro Alfonso Pacheco-Hernandez Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar |
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description | Odontogenic infections may cause brain abscesses. Although infrequent, infections can lead to development of aggressive brain lesions that may be life-threatening for patients. With the advent of new antibiotic treatments, dental abscesses appear to be under control but all patients with high risk of brain abscess should be assessed and treated properly. Hereby, we present an overview of the information available in the literature of the relationship between brain and dental abscesses. |
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spelling | doaj.art-4229905dff6b439aa9a737356b76cdc42022-12-22T02:50:10ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592018-06-01322Brain Abscess and Dental InfectionsJohana Maraby-SalgadoSamer S. HozAlexis Narvaez-RojasGuru Dutta SatyartheeLoraine Quintana-PajaroAlfonso Pacheco-HernandezLuis Rafael Moscote-SalazarOdontogenic infections may cause brain abscesses. Although infrequent, infections can lead to development of aggressive brain lesions that may be life-threatening for patients. With the advent of new antibiotic treatments, dental abscesses appear to be under control but all patients with high risk of brain abscess should be assessed and treated properly. Hereby, we present an overview of the information available in the literature of the relationship between brain and dental abscesses.https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1092brain abscessdental infectionneurosurgery |
spellingShingle | Johana Maraby-Salgado Samer S. Hoz Alexis Narvaez-Rojas Guru Dutta Satyarthee Loraine Quintana-Pajaro Alfonso Pacheco-Hernandez Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar Brain Abscess and Dental Infections Romanian Neurosurgery brain abscess dental infection neurosurgery |
title | Brain Abscess and Dental Infections |
title_full | Brain Abscess and Dental Infections |
title_fullStr | Brain Abscess and Dental Infections |
title_full_unstemmed | Brain Abscess and Dental Infections |
title_short | Brain Abscess and Dental Infections |
title_sort | brain abscess and dental infections |
topic | brain abscess dental infection neurosurgery |
url | https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1092 |
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