Figure 7.
Serial magnetic resonance imaging. The number in the lower left-hand corner of each image indicates the number of weeks after different treatments. No significant differences among pretreatment brain abscesses in groups A (A0), B (B0), and C (C0) were observed. The abscesses in groups A and B enlarged progressively with obvious mass effect. Bilateral ventricle involvement was noted in group A (A2 and A6). The abscess volume increased and grew inwardly (B2) then crossed the midline (B6). The abscess volume decreased progressively in group C after injection of vancomycin-embedded poly(lactide-co-glycolide acid) microparticles (C2 and C6), and no perifocal edema was observed. (x 0.8).
