An unexpected intracranial pressure crisis: infant brain abscess of unusual aetiology

BackgroundBrain abscess in infants is extremely rare in the developed world. Often, these children have a predisposing history and are infected with certain bacterial aetiology.Case historyA 3-month-old boy presented to the hospital emergently with an increased intracranial pressure crisis. All predisposing factors such as maternal history, family history or the infant’s medical history were entirely free of suggestive aetiological pathology. …