BRAIN-ABSCESS IN SAUDI-ARABIA

被引：12

作者：

IBRAHIM, AWM

ALRAJEH, SM

CHOWDHARY, UM

AMMAR, A

机构：

[1] Neurosurgery Department College of Medicine and Medical Science, King Faisal University, Dammam

[2] Neurology Department College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam

来源：

NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW | 1990年 / 13卷 / 02期

关键词：

Brain abscess; CNS infection; streptococcus;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00383649

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

There are significant variations among countries in the incidence of brain abscess. We report here 26 cases of brain abscess treated at the Neurosurgery Department of King Faisal University and Dammam Central Hospital Saudi Arabia over a six year period (1982-1988). This is 2.3% of total admissions to the two neurosurgery departments serving a population of approximately 1.2 million in the same period. Young males were most often affected (M/F ratio 3.3:1; 31% were less than 15 years old, 46% aged between 15-39 years, and 23% older than 40 years). Streptococcus was found to be the most common microorganism (38.4%). Mixed infection was seen in 15.3%, and sterile abscesses were found in 11.5% of the patients after aerobic and anaerobic cultures of the pus. Chronic otitis media and paranasal sinusitis predisposed the patients to abscess formation in 57.6% of the cases. The temporo-parietal area was the commonest site. Epilepsy was a complication in 30.7% of our patients, and the mortality rate was 15.3%. © 1990 Walter de Gruyter & Co.

引用

页码：103 / 107

页数：5

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