Table 5 Treatments
Treatments | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Median antibiotic treatment, overall | 62 days | 0-261 days | |
Median time of intravenous treatment | 41 days | 0-111 days | |
Median antibiotic time postsurgery | 59 days | 1-245 days | |
No. of patients receiving antibiotics before surgery | 48 (54%) | ||
No. of patients receiving oral antibiotics after intravenous | 36 | ||
Duration of po treatment after iv, median | 44 days, range 10-405 | ||
Management | |||
Surgery | 89 (87%) | ||
Aspiration | 68 (67%) | ||
Craniotomi | 21 (20%) | ||
Conservative, medical | 13 (13%) | ||
Antibiotic treatments | |||
Penicillin | 68% | ||
Cephalosporin | 63% | ||
Carbapenem | 43% | ||
Metronidazole | 83% | ||
Quinolone | 21% | ||
Fucidic acid | 39% | ||
Rifampin | 20% | ||
Intrathecal Antibiotics (Vancomycin) | 10 (10%) | ||