|
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%)
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