Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neurosurgeons in developing countries come across brain abscess frequently, but Enterococcus as a cause of abscess is rare. AIMS: To describe clinical profile and treatment of a series of patients with enterococcal brain abscess. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed microbiological records of patients with brain abscess to identify Enterococcus as a causative organism. RESULTS: 12 patients (nine males) were diagnosed to have enterococcal brain abscess. All were due to E. species. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical feature and management are not different from other etiological agents. The prognosis of enterococcal brain abscess is more favourable than bacteremia.
Copyright
Association for Helping Neurosurgical Sick People. This is an open
access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution-Non Derivative-Non Commercial License, permitting
copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given
appropriate credit.
Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or
adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
)
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License, which
permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial
purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of
adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original
work is properly cited.
