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|style="text-align:center; background: #A1BCDD;" | '''Unfavorable Prognostic Factors''' | |||
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| | | ▸ Presenting with encephalopathy or coma | ||
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| | | ▸ Younger than 10 years or elderly | ||
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| | | ▸ Late start of antibiotics | ||
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| | | ▸ Sterile cultures | ||
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| style=" | |style="text-align:center;" | '''Favorable prognostic factors''' | ||
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| | | ▸ Craniotomy instead of burr holes as surgical procedure | ||
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| | | ▸ Early treatment | ||
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| | | ▸ Young age (optimal between 10-20 years) | ||
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| | | ▸ Patient presents awake, alert and oriented | ||
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| ▸ Source of infection: paranasal sinuses | |||
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| ▸ Aerobic streptococci isolated in culture | |||
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| ▸ Aerobic streptococci as single pathogen | |||
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Revision as of 05:49, 28 February 2014
| 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 |