Prise en charge médico-chirurgicale des abcès du cerveau à l'ère du scanner en Afrique sub-saharienne : à propos de 112 cas

Consciousness disorders were in most cases responsible for the patient's death. Moreover multiple and/or voluminous abscesses were factors of the poor functional prognosis. Due to the high mortality rate and the frequency of sequelae, the authors emphasize the need of prevention by using adequate and sufficient antibiotics during primary infections.