By Ethan Covey
Concern about an increase in cases of pediatric brain abscess, epidural empyema and subdural empyema caused by Streptococcus intermedius are unfounded, according to a recent CDC report.
Cases reported to the CDC during May 2022, and discussions with clinicians across the United States, had raised alarms that these rare abscesses and empyemas had been increasing, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2022;71[37]:1169-1173).
Officials at the CDC analyzed