Abcès et empyèmes intracrâniens d'origine O.R.L.

The diagnosis of cerebral abscess is often difficult. The “classical“ intracranial hypertension associated to high fever is usually incomplete and sometimes absent. There is no predominant bacteria involved and multibacterial infections are frequent. Despite abscesses are serious and potentially lethal, an early diagnosis, a medical (antibiotics) and surgical treatment (punction and/or surgical excision) may completely be cured in more than 50% of cases.