Diagnosis, management, and outcomes of brain abscess due to gram-negative versus gram-positive bacteria

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OBJECTIVES: Differences in management and outcomes of brain abscesses due to gram-positive (GPB) versus gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are not well defined.

METHODS: A retrospective review of adult patients with brain abscesses due to monomicrobial infection from 2009 through 2020 was performed.

RESULTS: A total 177 patients had a monomicrobial brain abscess; 143 (80.8%) caused by GPB and 34 (19.2%) by GNB. Patients with GNB had more history of head/neck surgery than those with GPB (58.8% vs 36.4%; P = 0.02). Pathogens in the GNB group included Pseudomonas aeruginosa (29.4%), Klebsiella spp (20.6%), and Enterobacter spp (20.6%). Pathogens in the GPB group included Staphylococcus aureus (32.2%) and Streptococcus spp (31.5%). Most patients had combined medical/surgical management (64.7% GNB vs 63.6% GPB). The median duration of antibiotic therapy was 42 days, and there was no significant difference in infection relapse or 3-month survival rate. Patients with GNB were more likely to have therapeutic failure than those with GPB (44.1% vs 22.4%; P = 0.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with brain abscesses caused by GPB, those due to GNB were more likely to occur in patients who had undergone prior head and neck surgery . No statistically significant difference in outcomes was observed between the groups; however, patients with GNB had a higher therapeutic failure rate than those with GPB.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 115(2022) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 189-194

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Corsini Campioli, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Castillo Almeida, Natalia E [VerfasserIn]
O'Horo, John C [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Walter R [VerfasserIn]
Cano, Edison [VerfasserIn]
DeSimone, Daniel C [VerfasserIn]
Baddour, Larry M [VerfasserIn]
Sohail, M Rizwan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial
Brain abscess
Diagnosis
Gram-negative
Gram-positive
Journal Article
Management
Outcomes
Review

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Date Completed 18.01.2022

Date Revised 18.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.322

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NLM33439046X