The Effect of Glucocorticoids in the Combined Treatment of Experimental Brain Abscess in Cats

Glucocorticoids in the treatment of brain edema are well accepted nowadays, while the usefulness of corticosteroids in the management of inflammatory brain edema, caused by an abscess, is still doubtful, in spite of encouraging clinical experience (5, 6). An experimental study is needed to analyse the varying factors, which determine the prognosis of this disease under therapy with and without glucocorticoids.