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Intracranial Infections

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According to most authors, the incidence of infectious and parasitogenic diseases rises worldwide, despite the fact that new methods of treatment and creation of new antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs have appeared (Yakhno and Shtulman 2003; Whitemann et al. 2002). This increase is partially supposed to be due to increasing incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and due to use of immunosuppressive drugs in cancer therapy and organ transplantation. The incidence of life-threatening CNS infections may be connected with several adverse factors, such as presence within the focus of infection, open brain injury, liquorrhea, sinusitis, otitis, etc., especially in immunodeficient patients. Early diagnosis is crucial in these cases. In addition to thorough neurological and laboratory (CSF tests) examinations performed, neuroimaging techniques, such as CT and MRI are very helpful.

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(2009). Intracranial Infections. In: Diagnostic Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75653-8_11

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