Microsurgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

Subarachnoid hemorrhage from an intracranial aneurysm is a frequently fatal but potentially curable problem. Surgery is done to prevent further hemorrhage and it allows for the aggressive treatment of vasospasm. This article reports one surgeon's experience in the past year with early intervention and microsurgical ligation of 19 aneurysms in 17 consecutive patients.

Staphylococcus epidermidis ventriculitis treated with vancomycin and rifampin.

Two cases of ventriculitis with Staphylococcus epidermidis that failed on therapy with an antistaphylococcal penicillin are presented. Both infections responded to a combination of intravenous and intraventricular vancomycin and rifampin. Vancomycin and rifampin represent an important antibiotic regimen for the management of resistant infections of the central nervous system, especially with those due to S.