Tuberculous cerebellar abscess

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Oshinowo, Abayomi G ^a,b   Blount, B Wayne ^a   Golusinski, Lawrence L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032459699     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.11.6.459     Document Type: Article

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