Role of anaerobic bacteria in subdural empyema. Report of four cases and review of 327 cases from the English literature.
Am J Med, 1975/1;58(1):99-104.
Yoshikawa TT, Chow AW, Guze LB
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Abstract
Anaerobic bacteria were isolated from the subdural space in all four cases of subdural empyema encountered over a 2 and a half year period. Only one aerobe was isolated in these cases. The bacteriology of subdural empyema was further analyzed from a review of 327 cases reported in the English literature. Anaerobes accounted for 12 per cent of 234 cases; In addition, 27 per cent of cases were reportedly "sterile." These data support our finding that anaerobic bacteria may play a far more important role in subdural empyema than was previously appreciated.
MeSH terms
Adolescent; Ampicillin; Anaerobiosis; Bacteroides; Bacteroides Infections; Brain Abscess; Child; Chloramphenicol; Clindamycin; Dexamethasone; Drainage; Female; Humans; Male; Meninges; Methicillin; Middle Aged; Penicillins; Peptostreptococcus; Pneumococcal Infections; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Subdural Space; Tetracycline
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