Nocardia abscess of the choroid plexus: Clinical and pathological case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 949-952

  Mogilner, Alon ^a   Jallo, George I ^a   Zagzag, David ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Choroid plexus; Infection; Intraventricular; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031783105     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00130     Document Type: Article

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