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ANTIMICROBIAL MANAGEMENT OF INTRACRANIAL ABSCESS
Author(s) -
Gillet G. R.,
Garner J. E.,
Bremner D. A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05313.x
Subject(s) - chloramphenicol , medicine , penicillin , metronidazole , antimicrobial , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , brain abscess , bacteroides , bacteroides fragilis , flora (microbiology) , abscess , surgery , bacteria , biology , genetics
Forty‐four patients were treated over eight years with intracranial abscess. The bacterial flora of these abscesses was determined in 34 cases and 92 organisms of 54 different species were isolated. Presentation and treatment details were standard and are not covered in depth. The most common organisms isolated were aerobic streptococci and Bacteroides species. All organisms isolated were sensitive to chloramphenicol. An empirical regime of penicillin and chloramphenicol proved satisfactory in all cases after culture. The drug of choice could usually be selected from penicillin, chloramphenicol, or metronidazole. Antibiotics were usually continued for 6–8 weeks following diagnosis.