Prodromal signs and clinical factors influencing outcome in patients with intraventricular rupture of purulent brain abscess

Neurosurgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 310-317

  Takeshita, Mikihiko ^a   Kawamata, Takakazu ^a   Izawa, Masahiro ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Forewarning signs; Infection; Intraventricular rupture

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0035104947     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/00006123-200102000-00012     Document Type: Article

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