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** Caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. | ** Caused by [[seizures]] or [[status epilepticus]]. | ||
Predisposing factors, such as sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis, head trauma, or meningitis, are present in up to 81% of affected children. | Predisposing factors, such as sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis, head trauma, or meningitis, are present in up to 81% of affected children.<ref> Brain Abscess. MedMerits (2011). http://www.medmerits.com/index.php/article/brain_abscess Accessed on October 7, 2015</ref> | ||
==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 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.
Predisposing factors, such as sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis, head trauma, or meningitis, are present in up to 81% of affected children.[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