title: Multiple tuberculous brain abscesses.
abstract: Multiple tuberculous brain abscesses are rare. This report presents a female patient with a rapidly deteriorating clinical course. Computed tomographic scanning revealed multiple brain abscesses. Aspiration of one of the lesions yielded pus and positive acid-fast stained bacilli. The pathogenesis of multiple tuberculous brain abscesses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuo-Chuan
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Swei-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheng-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents