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Pediatric Community-Acquired Brain Abscesses: A Single-center Retrospective Study

Published:2024-03-05 Issue:6 Volume:43 Page:e214-e217
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Lu Kevin Hai-Ning¹^ORCID,Bruns Nora¹,Pentek Christina¹,Della Marina Adela¹²,Gangfuß Andrea¹²,Kölbel Heike¹²,Dogan Burcin¹,Dziobaka Jan³,Ahmadipour Yahya⁴,Damman Philipp⁴,Felderhoff-Müser Ursula¹²,Dohna-Schwake Christian¹²⁵,Goretzki Sarah Christina¹²⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pediatrics I, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric Infectiology, Pediatric Neurology

2. Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioural Sciences C-TNBS

3. Institute of Medical Microbiology

4. Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery

5. West German Centre for Infectious Diseases (WZI), University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

Abstract

The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases recommends 3rd generation cephalosporins and metronidazole for empirical treatment of community-acquired brain abscesses. In 53 retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients with community-acquired brain abscesses at a German University Hospital Staphylococcus aureus was identified as a relevant pathogen (21%). Therefore, it may be reasonable to cover S. aureus when selecting empirical therapy.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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