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Despite the introduction of surgical procedures into the treatment of brain abscess by MacEWEN in 1893, the application of antimicrobial agents by JOOMA in 1951 and the advance in the development of neuro-radiological techniques, brain abscess has still continued to be a challenging lesion, which carries a distressingly high mortality rate ranging between 30–60% (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14,). With the aid of computerized tomography (CT), this lesion could be promptly and accurately diagnosed, treated and its course of surgical treatment be easily followed up. Thus, the mortality rate could now be further reduced to around 10–20% (7).
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Tiyaworabun, S., Wanis, A., Nicola, N., Thal, H.U. (1981). 34 Years Therapeutic Experience with Brain Abscesses. In: Schiefer, W., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Brain Abscess and Meningitis. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67943-8_6
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