Abstract
THOUGH recent reports have stated that the incidence of brain abscess has not changed greatly1 , 2 the distribution of infective sources has altered with a decrease in the number of abscesses associated with otogenous infection.3 The most common causative organisms have been streptococci, staphylococci and pneumococci.4 , 5 This report concerns an abscess due to organism, Haemophilus aphrophilus, not commonly encountered in human infections. Case Report G.C. (U.O.M.S.H. 32–77–82), an 11-year-old girl, was admitted to the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital on December 24, 1963, in a state of moderate dehydration and stupor. The illness had begun on November 20 with . . .
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