Effect of antibiotic therapy on proton MR spectroscopy findings in human pyogenicbrain abscesses.

CONCLUSIONS: Prolonged antibiotic therapy can influence MRS findings in pyogenic brain abscesses - a fact which is certainly necessary to take into account in its differential diagnosis. The disappearance of the characteristic metabolites can be indirectly interpreted as an indicator of successful antibiotic therapy in cases where surgical intervention is not possible. Further study in this field is required to confirm the results of this study. PMID: 31298504 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Neurosurg Sci Source Type: research