Researchers find association between oral bacteria, brain abscesses

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Bacteria that cause infections">oral infections may also play a role in patients developing potentially fatal brain abscesses, according to a new research. The study, published in the Journal of Dentistry, investigated brain abscesses and their association with bacteria that occur in the oral cavity. While this type of abscess is relatively uncommon, it can result in significant mortality and morbidity. Researchers examined the records of 87 patients admitted to the hospital with brain abscesses, and used microbiological data obtained from abscess sampling and peripheral cultures. This allowed them to investigate the presence of oral bacteria in patients' brain abscesses where a cause of the abscess had either been found, as was the case in just 35 patients or not found.

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