Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology 2328-4064 2 5 2014 11 12 Cerebral Abscess Caused by Streptococcus spp in a Patient with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) 131 137 EN K V Ramana Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India K Maheshwar Reddy Padmawali Palange B Mohan Rao Sanjeev D Rao AJIDM2014256 10.12691/ajidm-2-5-6 2014 10 29 2014 11 09 2014 11 12 Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a clinical condition where a patient suffers from external and middle ear infection caused mostly by bacteria or by fungi resulting in ear discharge. Identification of the causative microorganism and initiation of appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy is needed in patients suffering from CSOM. Infections of the ear if happen to be chronic in nature have the tendency to leak in to the adjacent areas of the central nervous system causing severe complications.