[Diagnosis and treatment of brain abscesses in children].
Fourty children were treated for brain abscess in the period 1983-1988 at the Neurosurgery Department, Children's Health Centre, Warsaw. Their age was from 4 weeks to 16 years. In 38 cases the treatment was surgical, followed by antibiotic therapy, in 2 cases only antibiotics were given. In 7 cases shunts were implanted for treatment of hydrocephalus developed in infants. Two patients died during the treatment. Problems encountered in various methods of brain abscess treatment are discussed.
Oddziału Neurochirurgii Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warszawie.
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Boratyński
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Daszkiewicz
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Wocjan
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Wilamska
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Barszcz
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Dabrowski
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification
Diagnostyka i leczenie ropni mózgu u dzieci.