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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscesses include: <ref> Nath A. Brain abscess and parameningeal infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 438.</ref><ref name="pmid25075836">{{cite journal| author=Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, McKhann GM, van de Beek D| title=Brain abscess. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2014 | volume= 371 | issue= 5 | pages= 447-56 | pmid=25075836 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra1301635 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25075836 }} </ref> | Common risk factors in the development of brain abscesses for adults include: <ref> Nath A. Brain abscess and parameningeal infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 438.</ref><ref name="pmid25075836">{{cite journal| author=Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, McKhann GM, van de Beek D| title=Brain abscess. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2014 | volume= 371 | issue= 5 | pages= 447-56 | pmid=25075836 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra1301635 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25075836 }} </ref> | ||
* A weakened immune system (such as in [[AIDS]] patients) | * A weakened immune system (such as in [[AIDS]] patients) | ||
* Chronic disease, such as cancer or [[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome|Osler-weber-rendu syndrome]] | * Chronic disease, such as cancer or [[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome|Osler-weber-rendu syndrome]] | ||
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** Caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. | ** Caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. | ||
Common predisposing risk factors that are present in up to 80% of affected children include:<ref> Brain Abscess. MedMerits (2011). http://www.medmerits.com/index.php/article/brain_abscess Accessed on October 7, 2015</ref> | |||
*[[Sinusitis]] | |||
*[[Otitis]] | |||
*[[Mastoiditis]] | |||
*[[Head trauma]] | |||
*[[Meningitis]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscess are immunodeficiency, chronic diseases, and congenital heart diseases.
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscesses for adults include: [1][2]
- A weakened immune system (such as in AIDS patients)
- Chronic disease, such as cancer or Osler-weber-rendu syndrome
- Drugs that suppress the immune system (corticosteroids or chemotherapy)
- Right-to-left heart shunts, usually the result of congenital heart disease
- Decline in consciousness
- Caused by seizures or status epilepticus.
Common predisposing risk factors that are present in up to 80% of affected children include:[3]
References
- ↑ Nath A. Brain abscess and parameningeal infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 438.
- ↑ Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, McKhann GM, van de Beek D (2014). "Brain abscess". N Engl J Med. 371 (5): 447–56. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1301635. PMID 25075836.
- ↑ Brain Abscess. MedMerits (2011). http://www.medmerits.com/index.php/article/brain_abscess Accessed on October 7, 2015