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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Risk Factors
The following raise your risk of a brain abscess:
- 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