Brain abscess with pyogenic ventriculitis. (2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feinberg, Nina; Campbell, Brendan; Bazylewicz, Michael; Brown, William D.; Singh, Devika; Whitman, Timothy; Alston, W. Kemper; Ulano, Adam; Sawatzky, Benjamin; Hale, Andrew J.
• Is Part Of: IDCases. Volume 28(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022
• Subjects: Brain abscess -- Ventriculitis -- Meningitis -- Intraventricular antibiotics -- Central nervous system infection; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Case Reports; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01503
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-2509

Abstract

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.