Postoperative subdural empyema caused by Propionibacterium acnes - A report of two cases

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-324

  Critchley, G ^a   Strachan, R ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Propionibacterium acnes; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0029938719     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040241     Document Type: Article

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