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<journal-id>1665-1146</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-1146</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-11462021000200136</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/bmhim.20000049</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Absceso cerebral por Eikenella corrodens en un paciente pediátrico inmunocompetente]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cerebral abscess due to Eikenella corrodens in an immunocompetent pediatric patient]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valdés-de la Torre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriela E.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Bustamante]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María E.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>78</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>136</fpage>
<lpage>142</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-11462021000200136&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-11462021000200136&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-11462021000200136&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: Los abscesos cerebrales son una urgencia neurológica grave con alto riesgo de déficit neurológico permanente. Son patologías raras en la edad pediátrica, con una incidencia anual de 0.5 por 100,000 niños. Se han realizado pocos estudios de abscesos cerebrales de origen odontogénico y la mayoría de los pacientes son adultos con patología dental de base. Eikenella corrodens es un cocobacilo gramnegativo anaerobio facultativo de crecimiento fastidioso, que forma parte de la biota de la cavidad oral, pero es un patógeno frecuente en infecciones de cabeza y cuello, así como en infecciones dentales.  Caso clínico: Paciente de sexo masculino de 16 años, previamente sano, que presentó cefalea de 2 meses de evolución acompañada de náuseas y vómitos. Antecedente de extracción del cuarto molar superior derecho 4 meses antes, sin uso de profilaxis antibiótica. La resonancia magnética de cráneo mostró una lesión compatible con absceso cerebral. Se realizó drenaje por punción guiada por estereotaxia, del que se aisló E. corrodens. El paciente completó un tratamiento con ceftriaxona y metronidazol por vía intravenosa durante 4 semanas y ampicilina-sulbactam por vía oral por 2 semanas más.  Conclusiones: Los abscesos cerebrales de origen odontogénico causados por E. corrodens en la edad pediátrica son muy raros. Actualmente, el uso de antibióticos profilácticos en procedimientos dentales es controversial, ya que se ha documentado el aumento de la resistencia microbiana por su uso indiscriminado. La optimización de los estudios diagnósticos y el tratamiento multidisciplinario han mejorado el pronóstico de los pacientes con absceso cerebral.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background: Brain abscesses are a serious neurological emergency with a high risk of permanent neurological deficit. The pathology is a rare in the pediatric age: the annual incidence is 0.5 per 100,000 children. There are a few studies of brain abscesses of oral origin mostly in adult patients with an underlying dental pathology. Eikenella corrodens, a slow-growing, Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-bacillus, is part of the oral cavity biota, and common as a pathogen in head, neck, and dental infections.  Case report: A previously healthy 16-year-old male presented a headache of 2 months of evolution accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Four months earlier, the fourth upper right molar was extracted, with no antibiotic prophylactic treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull showed a lesion compatible with brain abscess. Stereotaxy-guided puncture drainage was performed, isolating E. corrodens. The treatment was with ceftriaxone and metronidazole intravenously for four weeks and ampicillin sulbactam orally for two more weeks.  Conclusions: Brain abscesses of odontogenic origin by E. corrodens in the pediatric age are very rare. Currently, the use of prophylactic antibiotics in dental procedures is controversial because the indiscriminate use increases antimicrobial resistance. The optimization of diagnostic studies and multidisciplinary treatment has improved the prognosis of patients with brain abscesses.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Profilaxis antibiótica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Brain abscesses]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Eikenella corrodens]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Children]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prophylactic antibiotics]]></kwd>
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