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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Mathisen, G.E., Johnson, J.P., Brain abscess, Clin Infectious Disease 1997; 25: 763-781.

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 ==Treatment==
 [[Brain abscess medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Brain abscess surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Brain abscess primary prevention|Primary prevention]]  | [[Brain abscess secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Brain abscess cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Brain abscess future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]]
-== Prognosis ==
-Once an almost always fatal disease before the [[CT]] era. If the abscess is treated before the person goes into a [[coma]] then the death rate has been estimated from 5% to 20%.
-Early treatment and the patients overall health has an effect on prognosis. Other factors include: antibiotic resistance or the abscess location. An abscess deep within the brain is more difficult to treat than others.
-===In general===
-*Mortality is currently quoted to range from 0 – 24%.
-:* Poor prognostic indicators include:
-::* Intraventricular rupture:
-:::* 80% mortality rate, often treated with open drainage and debridement f/b ventriculostomy catheter for drainage and intrathecal abx
-::* Mental status and neurologic function at time of Dx:
-:::* The most common sequellae is [[seizure]]s, which develop in 35 – 70% of patients.
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