Doctors may be able to treat spinal abscesses with antibiotics. However, some people may need a combination of antibiotic treatment and surgical drainage. Back pain and tenderness may worsen as ...

We report microbial and treatment characteristics in relation to outcome for patients with pyogenic brain abscesses treated with a combination of surgery and antibiotics or antibiotics alone.

Six patients had nosocomial brain abscess. Among the 7 patients with negative cultures from surgery, 4 patients (75%) had received antibiotics before surgery for a median duration of 13 days.

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For example, if you develop an infection around the nail, your healthcare provider can prescribe medication to fight the infection—such as oral antibiotics for a bacterial infection. Rarely, your ...

The Automation Lab is a robotics and embedded systems workspace where faculty, students, staff, researchers, and other Brandeis community members can come to rapid-prototype electronic sensor data ...

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