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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 645-647, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01815-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Brain Abscess Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Capnocytophaga ochracea Infection{triangledown}

Hua-Kung Wang,1* Yee-Chun Chen,2 Lee-Jene Teng,3 Chien-Ching Hung,2 Mei-Lin Chen,2 Shin-Hei Du,4 Hui-Ju Pan,4 Po-Ren Hsueh,4 and Shan-Chwen Chang2

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei County,1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital,2 Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine,3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan4

Received 1 September 2006/ Returned for modification 20 September 2006/ Accepted 15 November 2006

Brain abscesses are occasionally associated with a dental source of infection. An unusual case of frontal lobe abscess in a nonimmunocompromised child infected with multidrug-resistant Capnocytophaga ochracea is described and confirms the pathogenic potential of this organism to cause human disease in the central nervous system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, No. 399 Fuhsing Rd., San-Shia Town, Taipei Hsien 237, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-2672-3456, ext. 6472. Fax: 886-2-8671-1998. E-mail: clae{at}ms10.hinet.net.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 November 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 645-647, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01815-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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