References
Key articles
Hall WA, Truwit CL. The surgical management of infections involving the cerebrum. Neurosurgery. 2008 Feb;62(2 suppl):519-30. Abstract
Brouwer MC, Coutinho JM, van de Beek D. Clinical characteristics and outcome of brain abscess: systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology. 2014 Mar 4;82(9):806-13. Abstract
Goodkin HP, Harper MB, Pomeroy SL. Intracerebral abscess in children: historical trends at Children's Hospital Boston. Pediatrics. 2004 Jun;113(6):1765-70. Abstract
Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging; Whitehead MT, Cardenas AM, et al. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® headache. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 Nov;16(11s):S364-77.Full text Abstract
American College of Radiology. ACR-ASNR-SPR practice parameter for the performance and interpretation of magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the central nervous system. 2019 [internet publication].Full text
Infection in Neurosurgery Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. The rational use of antibiotics in the treatment of brain abscess. Br J Neurosurg. 2000 Dec;14(6):525-30. Abstract
Mampalam TJ, Rosenblum ML. Trends in the management of bacterial brain abscesses: a review of 102 cases over 17 years. Neurosurgery. 1988 Oct;23(4):451-8. Abstract
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