[Medicosurgical approach of intracranial pyogenic bacterial suppurations in Abidjan. Analysis of 26 clinical cases].

We report 19 cases of cerebral abscesses and 7 cases of subdural empyemas in 5 months to 63 years old patients (1983-1991). Bacteriological agents in 13 cases are. 6 Staphylococcus aureus, 5 negative Gram bacilli, 1 Streptococcus, 1 pneumococcus. Predisposing factors are sepsis of adjacent organs (42%), septicemia (19%), post-traumatic and post-surgical infections (19%). Lethality is 11.5%. The authors stress the interest of CT scan and bacteriological studies now available in Abidjan with the creation of the Department of Neurosurgery.