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.
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