Brain Abscess Due to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum after Dental Extraction
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Brain abscess due to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum after dental extraction.
Brain Abscess Due to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum after Dental Extraction To the Editor—It has been suggested that 5%–20% of brain abscesses are presumably associated with oral infections or dental procedures [1–4], in which organisms belonging to the oropharyngeal flora, such as Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, are involved [5, 6]. This organism has been documented in cases of pharyngitis and wou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/504436