title: [Causes and incidence of abscesses of the brain and cerebellum in adults].
abstract: The frequency of cerebral and cerebellar abscesses was analysed in relation to all intracranial tumours in the material of the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy in Warsaw, and the causes of these abscesses in a group of 62 cases treated in the last ten years. The subject of interest was the variability of these parameters in the era of widely used antibiotic treatment. It was observed that in the last years the frequency of brain abscesses has decreased. They account presently for 2.2% of all intracranial tumours. The first place among the causes of abscesses is taken by otogenic infections with nasal sinusitis, although the percent of these causes is decreasing. Presently, the number of abscesses of unknown origin has been increasing, probably due to the widespread use of antibiotics which eradicate the primary infection focus early after its appearance.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurochirurgii Instytutu Chirurgii AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bidziński
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Koszewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010031:Otitis / Q000150:complications*; D011044:Poland; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Przyczyny i czestość wystepowania ropni mózgu i mózdzku u dorosłych.