Streptococcus oralis cerebral abscess following monkey bite in a 2-month-old infant

Abstract

Although cerebral abscesses caused by animal bites have been reported, they are extremely rare in infants and have not been described following monkey bite. A 55-day-old male infant presented with a multi-loculated Streptococcus oralis cerebral abscess following a monkey bite on the scalp. There was a clinical response to antibiotic therapy and repeated surgical aspiration followed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. This is the first report of a patient with a brain abscess following a monkey bite.

Keywords:

• Cerebral abscess
• Streptococcus oralis
• Monkey bite