1. Brain abscess with pyogenic ventriculitis
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Nina Feinberg, Brendan Campbell, Michael Bazylewicz, William D. Brown, Devika Singh, Timothy Whitman, W. Kemper Alston, Adam Ulano, Benjamin Sawatzky, and Andrew J. Hale
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Brain abscess ,Ventriculitis ,Meningitis ,Intraventricular antibiotics ,Central nervous system infection ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
The authors present the case of a 57-year-old male with a large polymicrobial brain abscess complicated by eruption into the intraventricular space. He was treated with parenteral ampicillin, cefepime, and metronidazole and adjuvant intraventricular vancomycin/gentamicin as well as surgical debridement. The authors discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of brain abscesses, with a focus on prior cases with pyogenic ventriculitis and those treated with intraventricular antimicrobials.
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- 2022
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