Bacillus cereus causing brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient with craniotomy

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Case Report

Author Details : Sweta Shah*, Pooja Thakkar, Tanu Singhal, Abhishek Srivastava, Akshat Kayal, Urvi Patel

Volume : 9, Issue : 4, Year : 2022

Article Page : 304-307

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmr.2022.051

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Abstract

A 44 years old, immunocompetent, male patient was admitted to the hospital with fever and left hemiparesis. Patient had undergone decompressive craniotomy with partial clot evacuation at another institute for right Prieto-occipital intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
four weeks back. CT scan on the day of admission showed peripherally enhancing brain abscess in right parietal lobe with surrounding oedema which was at the surgical site. Pus evacuated from abscess grew Bacillus cereus. The patient was treated with intravenous vancomycin for two weeks with a favourable outcome. Non-gastrointestinal infections due to B.cereus are emerging.
 

Keywords: Bacillus cereus, Immunocompetent, Brain abscess, Craniotomy

How to cite : Shah S, Thakkar P, Singhal T, Srivastava A, Kayal A, Patel U, Bacillus cereus causing brain abscess in an immunocompetent patient with craniotomy. Indian J Microbiol Res 2022;9(4):304-307

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