A Case of Multiple Brain Abscess associated with Bacterial ?Meningitis

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 13(1); 1995 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1995;13(1): 163-166.

세균성 뇌막염에서 발병된 다발성 뇌농양 1예

조성진, 박선아, 손일홍, 이지용, 이성수, 박영관, 김승민

연세대학교 원주의대 신경과

A Case of Multiple Brain Abscess associated with Bacterial ?Meningitis

Sung Jin Cho, M.D., Sun Ah Park, M.D., Il Hong Son, M.D., Ji Yong Lee, M.D., Sung Soo Lee, M.D., Young Kwan Park, M.D., Seung Min Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University

Abstract

Brain abscess consists of suppurative necrosis of the brain parenchyma. Young adult male often affected. Most abscesses arise from structures surrounding the brain : (middle ear, temporal bone, tonsil infection) about 40-50%. Metastatic bloodstream spread of infection from the SBE (subacute bacterial endocarditis) and lungs in adult or from remote sites, cyanotic congenital heart disease, and penetrating head trauma or brain surgery can also result in brain absecess. Multiple brain abscess associated with bacterial meningitis cases rarely reported in neonate s and young infants, but in adult case is not reported in Korea. We report a 61-year-old man who has multiple brain abscess associated with bacterial meningitis (Eschesrichia Coli).