[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.
Boratyński
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Oddziału Neurochirurgii Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warszawie.
Daszkiewicz
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Wocjan
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Wilamska
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Barszcz
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Dabrowski
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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.