INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION
Etiology and predisposing
The incidence of cerebral abscess case /100.000 population is estimated at 1 per year. This incidence decreased after 1950 in line with the increasingly widespread use of antibiotics. Comparison of prevalence between men and women are 3:1.
75-90% is a solitary abscess, of which 35-45% are located in the frontal lobe, temporal lobe at 30-40%, 15-20% in the parietal lobe, and 15% in the occipital, cerebellum and brain stem.
Brain abscess is an infection process by which localized pus between brain tissue caused by a wide variety of bacteria, fungus and protozoa. Brain abscess were present in all ages. Most at the age of the second decade of life, between 20-50 years.Comparison between male patients with female is 3:1.
