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Brain abscess in which Porphyromonas gingivalis was detected in cerebrospinal fluid

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Abstract

In this paper, we report one case of severe brain abscess in which Porphyromonas gingivalis was detected in the spinal fluid.

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Case report

Porphyromonas gingivalis was detected in the spinal fluid of a 57-year-old woman with a brain abscess complicated by ventriculitis, who presented with headache, pyroxia, and disturbance gait. Porphyromonas gingivalis was detected in her spinal fluid, which indicated thus abscess was caused by a dental infection. She recovered after the tooth had been extracted and she had been given antibiotics (Fig. 1).

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