Brain abscess at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-215

  Donaldson, G ^a   Webster, D ^a   Crandon, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034265704     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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