The authors present the case of a patient who developed multiple brain abscesses after undergoing professional tooth cleaning. The results of a diagnostic work-up ruled out an underlying immunodeficiency.
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Background - Dental disorders and dental treatment are among the variety of causes of brain abscess.
Case description - The authors present the case of a patient who developed multiple brain abscesses after undergoing professional tooth cleaning. The results of a diagnostic work-up ruled out an underlying immunodeficiency. After receiving neurosurgical intervention and intensive care treatment by means of local and intravenous antibiotics for 24 days, the patient was transferred to another hospital for rehabilitation. Six months after the treatment, the patient still had moderate residual paresis of the left leg.
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Lars Pallesen
tandlæge, Afdeling for Tand-, Mund- og Kæbekirurgi, Glostrup Hospital og HovedOrtoCentret, Rigshospitalet
Jochen Schaefer
senior physician and a neurologist, MD, Department of Neurology, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Ulrike Reuner
senior physician and a neurologist, MD, Department of Neurology, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Henry Leonhardt
MD, DMD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Kay Engellandt
senior physician, MD, Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Hauke Schneider
senior physician and a neurologist, MD, Department of Neurology, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Heinz Reichmann
professor and the chair, MD, ph.d, Department of Neurology, and the dean of the medical faculty, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Volker Puetz
senior physician and a neurologist, MD, Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University Dresden, Germany

