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Can you tell me how much time does it take an ear infection to form into a brain abscess?
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Brain abscess: First off ear infections rarely go onto develop a brain abscess. To develop a brain abscess it is usually due to a chronic infection that has been brewing for some time. Acute or rapidly occurring brain abscesses are very uncommon after an ear infection.
Answered 3/22/2016
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