Sandbox john
| Unfavorable Prognostic Factors |
| ▸ Presenting with encephalopathy or coma |
| ▸ Younger than 10 years or elderly |
| ▸ Late start of antibiotics |
| ▸ Sterile cultures |
| Favorable prognostic factors |
| ▸ Craniotomy instead of burr holes as surgical procedure |
| ▸ Early treatment |
| ▸ Young age (optimal between 10-20 years) |
| ▸ Patient presents awake, alert and oriented |
| ▸ Source of infection: paranasal sinuses |
| ▸ Aerobic streptococci isolated in culture |
| ▸ Aerobic streptococci as single pathogen |