Four patients with clinical findings and computerized tomographic brain scan evidence of brain suppurative disease were treated and cured with high-dose intravenous antibiotics without neurosurgical intervention. More data are required before any statement can be made regarding the long-term efficacy of nonsurgical versus surgical management of brain abscess.
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