[Trial of initial non surgical treatment of subdural empyema]

Pediatrie. 1993;48(7-8):529-32.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report on an 8-year-old girl who experienced bilateral subdural frontoparietal and interhemispheric empyema following sinusitis. The child improved after initial treatment with a 3 weeks course of parenteral antibiotics. Surgical drainage was further required because of clinical aggravation; however, this evolution was related to bilateral frontoparietal brain edema and abscesses fluid was sterile.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Brain Edema / therapy
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Drainage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Empyema, Subdural / diagnosis
  • Empyema, Subdural / etiology
  • Empyema, Subdural / therapy*
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / complications*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fosfomycin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Trephining

Substances

  • Fosfomycin
  • Cefotaxime