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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscess are [[immunodeficiency]], chronic diseases, and [[congenital heart disease]]s. | Common risk factors in the development of brain abscess are [[immunodeficiency]], chronic diseases, and [[congenital heart disease]]s. | ||
Brain abscesses can result from a decline in consciousness. This can be caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. If there is an abscess rupture into the ventricular system, [[ventriculitis]] can result. | Brain abscesses can result from a decline in consciousness. This can be caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. If there is an abscess rupture into the ventricular system, [[ventriculitis]] can result. <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> | ||
==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.> | 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> | ||
* 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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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscess are immunodeficiency, chronic diseases, and congenital heart diseases. Brain abscesses can result from a decline in consciousness. This can be caused by seizures or status epilepticus. If there is an abscess rupture into the ventricular system, ventriculitis can result. [1]
Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of brain abscesses include: [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
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nath A. Brain abscess and parameningeal infections. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 438.