Piperacillin/tazobactam in treatment of brain abscess

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(3):224-6. doi: 10.1080/00365540500348978.

Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) infection is a common complication following renal transplantation. Successful management of a brain abscess usually requires a combination of antibiotics and surgical drainage for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. We report the successful treatment of a patient with multiple brain abscesses with piperacillin/tazobactam without surgical intervention.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Basal Ganglia / diagnostic imaging
  • Basal Ganglia / microbiology
  • Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Penicillanic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Piperacillin / therapeutic use*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Radiography
  • Tazobactam
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillanic Acid
  • Tazobactam
  • Piperacillin