Chotai Silky, Moon Hong-Joo, Kim Joo-Han, Kim Jong-Hyun, Chung Hung-Seob, Park Youn-Kwan, Kwon Taek-Hyun
Korea University Guro Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Turk Neurosurg. 2012;22(3):374-7. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3634-10.0.
We describe a rare case of cerebral abscess in an immunocompetent 67-year-old male with Gemella morbillorum as the causative agent. Gemella morbillorum is an aerobic gram positive coccus and is deemed to be a normal inhabitant of the oral cavity. The aim of this report is to introduce Gemella morbillorum as the emerging pathogen involved in brain abscesses. To the best of our knowledge only eight cases of Gemella morbillorum brain abscess have been reported in the literature. An exhaustive review of the literature is included with emphasis on the primary source of infection, clinical presentation, radiological diagnosis, and treatment modalities.
我们描述了一例罕见的脑脓肿病例，患者为一名67岁免疫功能正常的男性，病因是麻疹孪生球菌。麻疹孪生球菌是一种需氧革兰氏阳性球菌，被认为是口腔中的正常菌群。本报告的目的是介绍麻疹孪生球菌作为脑脓肿的新兴病原体。据我们所知，文献中仅报道了8例麻疹孪生球菌脑脓肿病例。本文对文献进行了详尽综述，重点关注感染的主要来源、临床表现、影像学诊断和治疗方式。
