OBJECTIVE To compare the proportion of community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in pediatric head and neck abscesses between 2 study periods. DESIGN Retrospective case review. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric otolaryngology practice. Patients Pediatric patients with head and neck abscesses presenting over 2 separate 2.5-year intervals: July 1999 thr...

Many treatment strategies have been proposed for pyogenic liver abscesses; however, the indications for liver resection for treatment have not been studied in a systematic manner. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the role of surgical treatment in pyogenic abscesses and to determine an optimal treatment algorithm. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients who had a ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is useful in diagnosing bacterial brain abscesses, but DWI features of fungal brain abscesses have not been characterized. Because fungal abscesses are not purulent, we hypothesized that their DWI characteristics are distinct from those of bacterial abscesses. METHODS We reviewed clinical, neuropathologic and neuroimaging findings of pat...

RATIONALE Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) complicated with multiple organ abscesses is an uncommon manifestation. Because of the low incidence of the disease, F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) imaging studies for PAVMs complicated with multiple organ abscesses are scarce. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of a 54-year-ol...

The association between pyogenic liver abscesses and schistosomiasis has been confirmed by clinical and experimental studies. In this retrospective study of 78 patients with pyogenic liver abscesses the association with schistosomiasis has been investigated. Pyodermitis, a known focus of bacteremia, was observed in 19 patients (24%). Blood eosinophilia was observed in 30 patients (39%). Staphyl...

Brain abscesses and brain tumors may have similar clinical presentations. For example, only 50% brain abscess patients have fever, which could be masked by corticosteroid therapy. Also, the differential diagnosis of brain abscesses versus cystic or necrotic tumors may be difficult based on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings. However, the strategies of managemen...

The initial sonograms of 201 liver abscesses in 165 patients were reviewed. Most abscesses were in the right lobe (84%), round in shape (83%) and with well defined margins (70%). The abscess contents were either predominantly echogenic (11%), of mixed echoes (28%), predominantly hypoechoic (59%) and showed fluid debris level (2%). Distal acoustic enhancement was noted in 90% of all abscesses. A...

In patients without systemic manifestations of tuberculosis, isolated brainstem tuberculous abscesses are infrequently observed. The present study reports a rare case of two cystic tuberculous abscesses involving the dorsal aspect of the medulla oblongata in an otherwise healthy 14-year-old Chinese girl, whose primary complaint was respiratory distress. These lesions were successfully treated u...