title: ['Sterile' brain abscesses (author's transl)].
abstract: In 16 cases of brain abscess (1970 to 1976) 10 could be identified to be bacteriologically sterile. However in 5 cases of "sterile" cerebral abscesses, where swabs were taken under anaerobic conditions, it was possible to isolate anaerobic bacteria in every case. It is concluded that in reality thse so-called "sterile" brain abscesses were also contaminated with anaerobes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik des sogenannten sterilen Hirnabszesses.