Diseases

Brain Abscess

A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE); HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits; and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6)

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A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected material from a focus of suppuration elsewhere in the body, notably the PARANASAL SINUSES, middle ear (see EAR, MIDDLE); HEART (see also ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL), and LUNG. Penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA and NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES may also be associated with this condition. Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits; and alterations of consciousness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp712-6)

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  • Abscess, Brain
  • Brain Abscesses
  • Brain Abscess, Child
  • Brain Abscess, Multiple
  • Brain Abscess, Pyogenic
  • Brain Abscess, Sterile
  • Cerebral Abscess
  • Abscess, Cerebral
  • Abscess, Child Brain
  • Abscess, Multiple Brain
  • Abscess, Pyogenic Brain
  • Abscesses, Cerebral
  • Abscesses, Multiple Brain
  • Brain Abscesses, Multiple
  • Brain Abscesses, Pyogenic
  • Brain Abscesses, Sterile
  • Cerebral Abscesses
  • Child Brain Abscess
  • Multiple Brain Abscess
  • Multiple Brain Abscesses
  • Pyogenic Brain Abscess
  • Pyogenic Brain Abscesses
  • Sterile Brain Abscess
  • Sterile Brain Abscesses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate IM with specific infection (IM) + specific CNS infection term (IM) + site/disease term (IM) if pertinent

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  2. C01w.830.025w.160w
  3. C10w.228w.140w.116w
  4. C10w.228w.228w.090w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brain Abscess. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001922. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001922
  2. Brain Abscess. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_abscess
  3. Brain Abscess. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141440