Actinomyces sp. brain abscess: a rare infection in children. A case report

Despite advances in diagnostic and treatment techniques, intracranial infectionsremain serious diseases with an estimated incidence of between 0.3 and 1.3 cases/100,000 inhabitants. We present a previously healthy patient with an i ntra opera five diagnostic of brain abscess, in whom although the culture showed polymicrobial development, Actinomyces sp was presumptively identified in the pathological anatomy. Given this finding, prolonged combined antibiotic therapy was performed with good evolution. The presentation of this suppurative process was nonspecific and the contribution of the anatomopathology in the etiological diagnosis was relevant. The identification of an unusual microorganism defined the need to deepen the identification of predisposing factors.