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Feasibility of early switch to oral antibiotic in brain abscesses and empyema: a multicentre retrospective study

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We thank Jeffrey Arsham for English revision.

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  1. Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    M. Lauda-Maillen, B. Rammaert & F. Cazenave-Roblot

  2. Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Poitiers, 2 rue de la Milétrie CS 90577, 86021, Poitiers cedex, France

    M. Lauda-Maillen, M. Catroux, G. Le Moal, G. Beraud, B. Rammaert & F. Cazenave-Roblot

  3. Université de Tours, Tours, France

    A. Lemaignen & L. Bernard

  4. Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, CHRU de Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France

    A. Lemaignen & L. Bernard

  5. Service de Médecine Interne, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    M. Puyade

  6. Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    H. El Hajj

  7. Service de Microbiologie, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

    A. Michaud

  8. UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, Tours, France

    C. Destrieux

  9. Service de Neurochirurgie, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France

    C. Destrieux

  10. INSERM U1070, Poitiers, France

    B. Rammaert & F. Cazenave-Roblot

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None of the authors have conflict of interest linked to this work. BR has some potential conflicts outside the submitted work: grants from Pfizer and MSD, personal fees from MSD, Basilea, Gilead, Astellas and Iqone.

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The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The National Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés), which is responsible for protection of individual data in France, approved the panel and its procedures (CHU86-R2019-01-06).

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Lauda-Maillen, M., Lemaignen, A., Puyade, M. et al. Feasibility of early switch to oral antibiotic in brain abscesses and empyema: a multicentre retrospective study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 40, 209–213 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-020-03904-w

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