Role of stereotactic aspiration in the management of tuberculous brain abscess

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-447

  Mohanty, Aaron ^a   Venkatarama, Sastry Kolluri ^a   Vasudev, Mandapatti Krishnamurthy ^a   Khanna, Neelam ^a   Anandh, Balasubramaniam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; Aspiration; Stereotactic; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0033119537     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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