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World J Clin Cases. Jul 16, 2017; 5(7): 299-302
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i7.299
Published online Jul 16, 2017. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i7.299
Rare case of cryptogenic brain abscess caused by Raoultella ornithinolityca
Marianna Luongo, Department of Neurosurgery, San Carlo Hospital, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Author contributions: Luongo M finished this manuscript solely.
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Correspondence to: Marianna Luongo, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, San Carlo Hospital, via Potito Petrone, 85100 Potenza, Italy. marianna.luongo@gmail.com
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Received: November 12, 2016
Peer-review started: November 13, 2016
First decision: February 17, 2017
Revised: March 2, 2017
Accepted: March 21, 2017
Article in press: March 22, 2017
Published online: July 16, 2017
Peer-review started: November 13, 2016
First decision: February 17, 2017
Revised: March 2, 2017
Accepted: March 21, 2017
Article in press: March 22, 2017
Published online: July 16, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Brain abscess is a focal intracranial infection that evolves in a collection of pus. It could have cryptogenic origin in 10%-35% of cases. I present a 64-year-old woman affected by a frontal brain abscess that was surgically treated, from which Raoultella ornithinolytica (R. ornithinolytica) was isolated. The patient, after > 1 year, is doing well, except for her right eye that had already lost its visual power before surgery. This is believed to be the first case of cryptogenic cerebral abscess caused by R. ornithinolytica.