title: Non-traumatic brain abscess.
abstract: Between 1953 and 1989 eighty cases of non-traumatic brain abscess were treated in our department. We have re-examined the clinical and neuroradiological features of this pathological process and present our therapeutic approach and results. We believe that the optimal treatment for brain abscess consists of surgical removal. The prognosis for these lesions has undergone a marked improvement over the last two decades in response to neuroradiological, microbiological and surgical advances. The most influential prognostic factor seems to be preoperative clinical status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences-Neurosurgery, Rome University La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acqui
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mastronardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D011859:Radiography; D015996:Survival Rate; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010634:Phenobarbital