Brain Abscess Associated with Multidrug-Resistant <i>Capnocytophaga ochracea</i> Infection

Abstract

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.