Treatment of Brain Abscess with Cefotaxime and Metronidazole: Prospective Study on 15 Consecutive Patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 857-863

  Sjölin, Jan ^a,b   Lilja, Anders ^a,b   Eriksson, Nils ^a,b   Arneborn, Per ^a,b   Cars, Otto ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, COMBINED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEFOTAXIME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027487092     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.5.857     Document Type: Article

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