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Sixteen cases of micro-abscesses and presumptive inflammatory nodules of the brain are analyzed. The increasing frequency of cortico-subcortical small nodular lesions diagnosed by CT scan, as well as the number of cases successfully treated with antibiotics, are stressed. In the authors opinion, initial antibiotic treatment with a high possibility of a cure is indicated in patients with a presumptive inflammatory cortico-subcortical nodular lesions diagnosed by CT scan.
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Basauri, L., Zuleta, A., Loayza, P. et al. Micro-abscesses and presumptive inflammatory nodules of the brain. Acta neurochir 68, 27–32 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406199
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