Cerebral abscess due to
Ampicillin
Gentamicin
Hemiparesis
Immunodeficiency
Journal
IDCases
ISSN: 2214-2509
Titre abrégé: IDCases
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101634540
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
07
04
2023
revised:
27
07
2023
accepted:
27
07
2023
medline:
14
8
2023
pubmed:
14
8
2023
entrez:
14
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Invasive listeriosis most often presents as bacteremia or neurolisteriosis. Cerebral infection mostly manifests as meningitis or meningoencephalitis, but cerebral abscesses are a rare manifestation. We present the rare case of a 51-year old patient with progressive right sided hemiparesis caused by a cerebral abscess due to For the treatment of bacterial brain abscesses, 4-6 weeks of intravenous antimicrobial treatment after surgical drainage are recommended. However, first line therapy of invasive cerebral listeriosis is not well established. We decided to use a combined treatment using ampicillin and gentamicin, followed by prolonged oral treatment due to ongoing tissue inflammation. No evidence-based treatment recommendations are available for brain abscess caused by
Identifiants
pubmed: 37577046
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01864
pii: S2214-2509(23)00188-9
pmc: PMC10415914
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e01864Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
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