Root of infection Dental infection-induced brain abscesses can develop through systemic bacteremia, direct drainage to the cavernous sinus through facial and pterygoid vein systems, infection through ...

A 7-year-old boy with congenital heart disease developed multiple brain abscesses caused by an infection from apical periodontitis in his baby teeth, according to a case report published on June 28 in ...

Researchers have examined the records of 87 patients admitted to hospital with brain abscesses, and found that the 52 patients for whom no cause had been found were about three times as likely to have ...