Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases
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Most treatment recommendations for acute otitis media favour active use of pain relief medication. These data comprised 3059 Finnish primary care acute otitis media patients. We found that 10.4% of the patients were prescribed or recommended analgesics, which is in contrast to treatment recommendations.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2006
Case ReportsAcute group A streptococcal mastoiditis complicated by pneumocephaly in a previously healthy adult.
Streptococcus pyogenes is a rare cause of mastoiditis in adults. We report a previously healthy adult patient who had acute bacteraemic S. pyogenes mastoiditis complicated by intra-cranial air. This novel report adds pneumocephaly to the currently recognized list of complications of acute mastoiditis.
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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2006
Case ReportsLinezolid in the treatment of brain abscess due to Peptostreptococcus.
Brain abscesses can be caused by bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Among bacteria, anaerobic organisms include the Bacteroides species group, Fusobacterium, Peptostreptococcus, and Propionibacterium. In these cases, a 4-week course of parenteral penicillin/cefalosporin and metronidazole is the standard of treatment. We describe a case of brain abscess secondary to anaerobic infection with Peptostreptococcus, which was successfully treated with parenteral and oral linezolid after failure of standard therapy.