Hospital Medicine

Neuro-infectious disease

Questions discussed in this category

What antibiotics would you use for empiric treatment of a brain abscess in patients allergic to penicillin, metronidazole, and vancomycin?

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Do you choose an antibiotic with CSF penetration, such as nafcillin over cefazolin, in the setting of MSSA endocarditis with septic emboli to the brain (assuming no concomitant meningitis or brain abscess)?

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How do you approach the management of EBV Meningoencephalitis (CSF pleocytosis and CSF PCR positive for EBV)?

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When are steroids indicated in the treatment of strep pneumo meningitis?

Does timing relative to initiation of antibiotics matter?

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Papers discussed in this category

Lancet Infect Dis, 2004 Mar

Steroids in adults with acute bacterial meningitis: a systematic review.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2015 Sep 12

Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis.

Lancet Neurol, 2010 Feb 03

Adjunctive dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2021 Jan 19

Clinical significance of Epstein-Barr virus in the cerebrospinal fluid of immunocompetent patients.

BMC Infect Dis, 2011 Oct 21

Clinical characteristics of patients with Epstein Barr virus in cerebrospinal fluid.

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2021 Nov 12

Lessons from Epstein-Barr virus DNA detection in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic tool for EBV-induced central nervous system dysfunction among HIV-positive patients.

The Journal of infectious diseases, 1980 Mar

A study of cephalothin and desacetylcephalothin in cerebrospinal fluid in therapy for experimental pneumococcal meningitis.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1976 Sep

Pharmacological study of cefazolin during intermittent and continuous infusion: a crossover investigation in humans.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020 May 08

Should we reconsider cefazolin for treating staphylococcal meningitis? A retrospective analysis of cefazolin and cloxacillin cerebrospinal fluid levels in patients treated for staphylococcal meningitis.

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