Clinicomycological overview of brain abscess in a tertiary care center: A 38 year retrospection

Brain abscesses (BA) form approximately 8% of intracranial masses in developing and 1-2% in western countries. Fungal BA (FBA) are aggressive and represent a catastrophic manifestation compared to protozoan and bacterial BA. Diagnosis of FBA is rare and usually done postmortem.The present retrospective study analyses the clinico-mycological aspects of FBA presented to our neurosurgical services over a period of 38 years, from January 1979 to...