Successful Treatment of a Pregnant Patient Followed Up in the Intensive Care Unite Due to Brain Abscess

Meltem TURKAY; Banu Karakus YILMAZ; Mehmet Salih SEVDİ; Hatice DOGAN; İsmail GERGİN; Aysin ALAGOL; Kerem ERKALP

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Successful Treatment of a Pregnant Patient Followed Up in the Intensive Care Unite Due to Brain Abscess

Meltem Turkay, Banu Karakus Yilmaz, Mehmet Salih Sevd , Hatice Dogan, Smail Gerg N, Aysin Alagol, Kerem Erkalp

Abstract :

Though ain abscess is observed rarely in pregnancy, it is a complication that may result in a poor prognosis for both mother and baby. Its symptoms are usually nonspecific; however, central nervous system findings such as headache, attack, neurologic anomalies and changes in consciousness may also be observed. In this study, we aimed to present a 26–year–old patient, pregnant for 24 weeks, requiring mechanical ventilation support in the intensive care unit due to ain abscess, who was successfully treated. For similar cases, a multidisciplinary approach and an early and adequate antibiotic treatment are required.