Reference | 2006 [10] | 2007 [16] | 2018 [17] | 2010 [18] | 2015 [19] | 2017 [11] | Our data |
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Cases number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Country/Area | Thailand | Malaysia | India | Brunei | France | Thailand | China |
Age(y)/Gende | 42/male | 33/male | 23/male | 48/male | 52/male | 54/male | 54/male |
Underlying disease | diabetes, mild alcoholic cirrhosis | NA | NA | diabetes | NA | diabetes | diabetes |
Presentation | fever, headache, left hemiparesis, focal seizure, increased intracranial pressure | fever, seizures, altered conscious level and neck stiffness, | diplopia, decreased hearing | fever, rigor, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss | fever with chills, palpitations and an unproductive cough. | febrile, icteric, dehydrated | febrile, painful in left thigh with left lower limb swelling, chest tightness, shortness of breath |
Thrombus site | dural sinus | superior sagittal sinus | dural venous sinus | splenic vein | splenic vein, right portion of the portal vein | left portal vein | left lower extremity |
Sources Identification | blood | blood | brain tissue biopsy | blood, pancreas, lung, spleen, liver | blood, sputum | blood | blood, sputum, bone marrow |
Antibiotic therapy | ceftazidime | NA | ceftazidime, cotrimoxazole | ceftazidime, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, doxycycline, co-trimoxazole | ceftazidime, meropenem, co-trimoxazole, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, | ceftazidime, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | levofloxacin, cefoperazone/tazobactam, imipenem |
Other therapy | antiepileptic drug and anticoagulant | craniectomy and drainage of the abscess | anticoagulant | no other therapy | anticoagulant | anticoagulant | anticoagulant (low molecular heparin) |
Outcome | recovered | recovered | no improvement | recovered | recovered | recovered | died |