Sandbox2 john

Unfavorable prognostic factors   ▸  Presenting with encephalopathy or coma   ▸  Younger than 10 years or elderly   ▸  Late start of antibiotics   ▸  Sterile cultures Favorable prognostic factors   ▸  Craniotomy instead of burr holes as surgical procedure   ▸  Early treatment   ▸  Young age (optimal between 10-20 years)   ▸  Patient presents awake, alert and oriented   ▸  Source of infection: paranasal sinuses   ▸  Aerobic streptococci isolated in culture   ▸  Aerobic streptococci as single pathogen