Causes of Brain abscess

This section discusses 65 medical conditions causing Brain abscess. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Brain abscess:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Brain abscess. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Any body infection
• Sinusitis
• Ear infection
• Skull fracture
• Skull injury
• Skull wound
• Puncture wound to brain
• GSW to head
• VP shunt
• Brain surgery
• Tooth infection
• Infective endocarditis
• Cardiac defect with left to right shunt
• Hematogenous spread from other sites of infection
• IV drug use
• HIV
• Organ transplant
• Immune deficiency state
• Prosthetic heart valve
• ASD
• VSD

Common Causes: Brain abscess

Some of the possible common medical causes of Brain abscess may include:

• Direct extension from sinus, odontogenic and otogenic sources
• Streptococcus
• Bacteriodes
• Pseudomaonas
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Fusobacterium
• Prevotella
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Wound infections
• Oppurtunistic infections
• Nocardia
• Candida
• Clostridium
• Application of dental braces
• Foreign body aspiration
• Esophageal dilatation
• Chronic steroid use
• Neoplasms
• Drug abuse

Other Causes: Brain abscess

Some of the less common causes of Brain abscess may include:

• E- coli
• Klebsiella
• Corynebacterium
• Peptococcus
• Urinary tract infection
• Hematogenous spread
• Penetrating head trauma
• Intravenous drug abuse
• Prosthethic valve
• Cyanotic congenital heart disease
• Intrabdominal infections
• Alcoholism
• Upper respiratory tract infections
• Near drowning

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Brain abscess:

The following list of conditions have 'Brain abscess' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

L

• Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica ... brain abscess

N

• Nocardiosis ... brain abscess, brain abscess occurs in a third of patients

P

• Pulmonary arterio-veinous aneurysm ... brain abscess

R

• Rhodococcus equi ... brain abscess

Conditions listing medical complications: Brain abscess:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Brain abscess' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

• Amebic dysentery ... brain abscess
• Amoebiasis ... brain abscess

B

• Bacterial endocarditis ... brain abscess

H

• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia ... brain ab scess

I

• Infective endocarditis ... brain abscess

L

• Lemierre's syndrome ... brain abscess

M

• Mastoiditis ... brain abscess
• Middle ear infection ... brain abscess

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List of 65 causes of Brain abscess

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Brain abscess in our database from various sources.

• Alcoholism
• Amebic dysentery - brain abscess
• Amoebiasis - brain abscess
• Any body infection
• Application of dental braces
• ASD
• Bacterial endocarditis - brain abscess
• Bacteriodes
• Brain surgery
• Candida
• Cardiac defect with left to right shunt
• Chronic steroid use
• Clostridium
• Corynebacterium
• Cyanotic congenital heart disease
• Direct extension from sinus, odontogenic and otogenic sources
• Drug abuse
• E- coli
• Ear infection
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Esophageal dilatation
• Foreign body aspiration
• Fusobacterium
• GSW to head
• Hematogenous spread
• Hematogenous spread from other sites of infection
• Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia - brain ab scess
• HIV
• Immune deficiency state
• Infective endocarditis - brain abscess
• Intrabdominal infections
• Intravenous drug abuse
• IV drug use
• Klebsiella
• Lemierre's syndrome - brain abscess
• Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica - brain abscess
• Mastoiditis - brain abscess
• Middle ear infection - brain abscess
• Near drowning
• Neoplasms
• Nocardia
• Nocardiosis - brain abscess
• Oppurtunistic infections
• Organ transplant
• Penetrating head trauma
• Peptococcus
• Prevotella
• Prosthethic valve
• Prosthetic heart valve
• Pseudomaonas
• Pulmonary arterio-veinous aneurysm - brain abscess
• Puncture wound to brain
• Rhodococcus equi - brain abscess
• Sinusitis
• Skull fracture
• Skull injury
• Skull wound
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Streptococcus
• Tooth infection
• Upper respiratory tract infections
• Urinary tract infection
• VP shunt
• VSD
• Wound infections

Medical Textbooks about Brain abscess

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