Multiple brain abscesses in a child with congenital cyanotic heart disease.
We report multiple and diffuse supratentorial and infratentorial brain abscesses in a ten months old girl with D- transposition of great arteries. The child was managed medically with intravenous antibiotics for 4 weeks. Her fever settled, however, weakness of right half of the body persisted despite remarkable improvement. Multiple abscesses (about 40 in number), in a child less than 2 years age, associated neutrophilia with toxic granulations and successful therapy with antibiotics alone makes this an unusual case.
Ghafoor
Tariq
T
Department of Paediatric, Combined Military Hospital, Bahawalpur.
Amin
Muhammad Umar
MU
D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
D008795:Metronidazole; D002443:Ceftriaxone