HEALTH 05 June 2023By MICHELLE STARR Axial MRI of a pus-filled brain abscess from a 7-year-old patient. (Sheehan et al., J. Neurosurg., 2008) Following the easing of pandemic restrictions in the US, cases of brain abscess in children under 18 have risen to new heights, according to a pair of CDC reports. December 2022 saw a peak of 102 cases across the...
by Mr Alan Williams, University of Plymouth Credit: CC0 Public Domain Bacteria known to cause oral infections may also be a contributory factor in patients developing potentially life-threatening abscesses on the brain, new research has shown. The study, published in the Journal of Dentistry, investigated brain abscesses and their association with bacteria that occur in the...
