BACKGROUND Brain abscess is a potentially fatal disease. This study assesses clinical aspects of brain abscess in a large hospital cohort. METHODS Retrospective review of adult patients with pyogenic brain abscess at Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Denmark between 1994 and 2009. Prognostic factors associated with Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) (death, severe disability or vegetative state) w...

The present study was performed to evaluate the ability of fosfomycin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic, to penetrate into abscess fluid. Twelve patients scheduled for surgical or computer tomography-guided abscess drainage received a single intravenous dose of 8 g of fosfomycin. The fosfomycin concentrations in plasma over time and in pus upon drainage were determined. A pharmacokinetic model was d...

BACKGROUND Eikenella corrodens is one of the HACEK bacteria constituting part of the normal flora of the oropharynx, however, still an uncommon pathogen. We report a case of a large Eikenella corrodens liver abscess with simultaneously endocarditis in a previously healthy male. CASE PRESENTATION A 49-year-old Danish man was admitted because of one-month malaise, fever, cough and unintentional...

The treatment for prostate abscesses includes a combination of antimicrobial therapy and surgical drainage of the abscess cavity. There is a lack of published cases involving treatment options for a prostate abscess after a failed transurethral resection of the prostate. This is a case report describing a successful salvage treatment after a failed attempt at abscess drainage by a transurethral...

Abstract Objective: To report four psoas abscess cases which we treated and review the challenges to management of in Yaoundé 2022. Method: Four patients who were diagnosed with our hospitals between 2021 2022 evaluated retrospectively. Results: All discharged after an average 14.5 days following surgical treatments, parietal suppuration was noted one needed two attemps initial failure percutan...

Secondary thigh abscesses are rare, and their cause is often obscure. We report a case of an elderly diabetic who presented with thigh abscess secondary to tuberculous sacroilitis. Key words: Secondary thigh abscess, retroperitoneal abscess, tuberculous sacroilitis.

The differential diagnoses of an abscess deep in the neck are retropharyngeal abscess and parapharyngeal abscess. We report a case each of these deep neck space abscesses to highlight their difference with emphasis on its anatomy and possible etiologies.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 955 VOLUME 42SEPTEMBER 17, 2005 gluteal abscess(2). When BCG vaccination is given in the gluteal region, subcutaneous abscess is known to occur(3). Intramuscular injections can very rarely predispose the underlying Koch’s bacilli to get fixed at the site leading onto a subsequent abscess. The distinction between a tuberculous abscess and injection abscesses caused by Mycobacte...

Introduction: Bladder abscess is an extremely rare occurrence without predisposing factors such as neurogenic bladder, trauma, or inflammatory bowel disease. Case: A 52-year-old woman was referred to Gynecologic Oncology for surgical management of a complex partially cystic and solid adnexal mass. She had no known risk factors for a bladder abscess. Intraoperative findings revealed a complex ab...

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