Brain abscess in infants and children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 449-458

  Sáez Llorens, Xavier J ^b   Umaña, Maria A ^a   Odio, Carla M ^a   McCracken, George H ^b   Nelson, John D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0024315835     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198907000-00009     Document Type: Article

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