A retrospective study involved 110 patients (72 males, 38 females, aged from 1 - 76 years) who underwent surgery for brain abscesses at ViÖt -§øc Hospital from January 1990 to December 1993. 79 patients with brain abscesses were found bacteria in culture. The bacteria were not identified in 31 patients. Results: Rate of bacterial isolation in brain abscesses is quite high. Among these, streptococci make up 37.7%, staphylococci 23.8%, and anaerobic bacteria 17.5%. Streptococci and staphylococci are cause of more than 90% of secondary brain abscesses due to localized infection. Postoperative antibiotics reduced significantly the bacterial isolation rate, comparison with that rate of 87.5% on patients who have not used antibiotics before operation. Rate of recurrence is 7.6% in the patients who were isolated bacteria and 25.8% in the patients who were not identified bacteria.
Brain Abscess ; Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections ; Bacterial Infections

The records of 75 patients with brain abscesses treated over 7 years were analysed. Congenital cardiopathies were the most frequent causes of abscess. Organisms were identified in 74.07% of the cultures from abcesses speciment. The patients were grouped according to the treatment received: excision (n=42) aspiration (n=33). There were no significant differences is the mortality rates between the two groups. Patients treated by aspiration had a significantly less morbidity than patients treated by excision. Early and aggeressive treatment can result in an excellent outcome in the large majority of patients.
Brain Abscess ; Therapeutics ; Suction

An analysis of 26 patients with brain abscesses treated by abscess ablation has shown that the morbidity rate, complications, relapsed brain abscess, repeated surgery and duration of antibiotic using. The bacteria were isolated in 42% of samples. The abscess ablation was indicated for cases of brain abscess with foreign bodies, brain abscess occurred after cerebrocranial surgery or cerebrocranial injuries. The needle aspiration indicated for cases of brain multiabscess, patients with thalamic perception impairment received needle aspiration in the first stage and abscess ablation in the second stage.
Brain Abscess ; Therapeutics ; Surgery

A study on the clinical and paraclinical features and results of treatment of brain multiabscess among 190 patients in Vietduc Hospital during 1992-2002 has shown that the brain multiabscess accounted for 30%. This rate did not depend on the species and bacterial resources. The frequent clinical features were headache, vomiting, fever, hemiplexia and leukocytosis. The effective treatment involved the needle aspiration. The removal operation indicated for located abscesses and meninggeal adjacent abscess.
brain iabscess ; diagnosis ; therapeutics

OBJECTIVETo observe the clinical effect of Yangyin Yiqi Huoxue Recipe (YYHR, the basic recipe of Yangyin Tongnao Granule) in treatment of ischemic stroke patients of deficiency of qi and yin syndrome (DQYS) and static blood obstructing collaterals syndrome (SBOCS).

METHODSTotally 312 patients were assigned to the control group (86 cases) and the treatment group (226 cases) using strati- fied randomized allocation method. Patients in the treatment group were treated with modified YYHR, while those in the control group took Xueshuan Xinmaining. The treatment course was 4 weeks for all. Constituent ratios of the acute stage and the recovery stage of DQYS and SBOCS and their complicated syndromes were observed in the two groups. Changes of the clinical curative effect, clinical symptoms integral, whole blood viscosity ratio, plasma viscosity ratio, hematocrit, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), total cho- lesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were detected in the two groups before and after treatment.

RESULTSThere was statistical difference in constituent ratios of the acute stage and the recovery stage of DQYS SBOCS and its complicated syndromes between the two groups (P < 0.01). DQYS and SBOCS was basic syndrome types of the two groups. The cured and markedly effective rate was 71.24%(161/226) in the treatment group and 43.02% (37/86) in the control group. The total effective rate was 91.15% (206/226) in the treatment group, higher than that of the control group (76.74%, 66/86) with statistical difference (P < 0.01). There was statistical difference in the clinical symptoms integral, whole blood viscosity ratio, plasma viscosity ratio, hematocrit, ESR, TC, TG,HDL-C, and LDL-C (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSSymptoms of ischemic stroke patients could be improved by modified YYHR. Indices such as the whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity ratio, hematocrit, ESR, abnormal metabolism of blood lipids were also significantly improved. Pathological changes of blood stasis induced by qi-yin deficiency exist in ischemic stroke patients, and DQYS and SBOCS were basic syndrome types.

Aged ; Biomedical Research ; Cholesterol, HDL ; blood ; Cholesterol, LDL ; blood ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Hematocrit ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Qi ; Stroke ; drug therapy ; Triglycerides ; blood ; Yin Deficiency ; therapy