Intracranial infection after missile brain wound: 15 war cases

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-102

  Hecimovic, I ^a   Dmitrovic, B ^a   Kurbel, S ^a   Blagus, G ^a   Vrane, J ^a   Rukovanjski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain injuries; Gunshot wound; Head injuries; Surgical infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BATTLE INJURY; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROATIA; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033886825     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8266     Document Type: Article

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