Brain abscess caused by Streptococcus intermedius: Two case reports

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Yamamoto, Masaaki ^a   Fukushima, Takeo ^a   Ohshiro, Shinya ^a   Go, Yoshinori ^a   Tsugu, Hitoshi ^a   Kono, Kenji ^a   Tomonaga, Masamichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Streptococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 0033083104     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00505-3     Document Type: Article

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