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A child with a brain abscess needs immediate hospitalization and treatment. They need close medical monitoring.

Pediatric neurosurgeon dr. terry bragg joining us now. what is happening to these children? >> so as you mentioned, we started noticing in march of 2022 a significant increase in ine nexts in period e yacht ricc patients. the vast majority of children were presenting with sinus infections that rapidly progressed to abscesses forming in the brain. and the vast majority of kids also were presenting with strep cock cuts -- [inaudible] this organism is commonly found in the oral and respiratory cavity and, often doesn't result in infections, but it certainly can result, and it's the most common or...

Wondering how do you know? sinus infection versus brain infection, when do you need to be in the hospital talking to a doctor? >> at the time of presentation, these children were incredibly sick. it's very different tan your common cold. it -- most of the children had significant fevers, severe headaches and also presented with lethargy, perhaps even neurologic deficits like speech or language difficulties or weakness. will: and really quickly, i know it's life threatening, what other potentially -- what are the implications here? i would assume when we're talking about a brain abscess, this i...

With the number of brain abscess cases in kids tripling in Nevada in 2022, an increase in such cases has also been reported in other parts of the United States.

Brain abscesses identified in Nevada children tripled in 2022, now the CDC is investigating why.