Catalog

Gonococcal brain abscess

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Link to WHO Definition

Gonococcal brain abscess – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/899013388

This is a gonococcal abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sources, within the brain tissue.