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To assess whether brain abscesses can be successfully diagnosed, monitored, and cured using high-dose intravenous antibiotics and computerized tomography without neurosurgical drainage.

June 1, 1978Annals of Neurology

Nonsurgical cure of brain abscess: Early diagnosis and follow‐up with computerized tomography

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BBBruce BergUniversity of California, San Francisco GFG.F. FranklinRaigmore Hospital RCRichard CuneoUniversity of California, San Francisco

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Case series reports successful cure of brain abscess using high-dose intravenous antibiotics without neurosurgery, indicating medical therapy alone can be viable with early CT monitoring.

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To assess whether brain abscesses can be successfully diagnosed, monitored, and cured using high-dose intravenous antibiotics and computerized tomography without neurosurgical drainage.
Evaluated 4 patients (N=4) presenting with clinical features and computerized tomographic scan evidence of intracranial suppurative disease.
Administered high-dose intravenous antibiotic therapy as sole definitive management without neurosurgical intervention, using serial computerized tomography for follow-up.
All 4 patients were successfully cured of suppurative brain disease without requiring neurosurgical intervention.
Long-term comparative efficacy of nonsurgical antibiotic management versus surgical intervention remains undetermined due to small cohort size.

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Berg et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a73f7d7d5cfe862edf16278 https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.410030603

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Case series reports successful cure of brain abscess using high-dose intravenous antibiotics without neurosurgery, indicating medical therapy alone can be viable with early CT monitoring.

Nonsurgical cure of brain abscess: Early diagnosis and follow‐up with computerized tomography

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Nonsurgical cure of brain abscess: Early diagnosis and follow‐up with computerized tomography

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