Tuberculous brain abscess: Clinical presentation, pathophysiology and treatment (in children)

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 118-123

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Pandey, C K ^a   Rose, Neeta ^a   Sahay, Surabhi ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Imaging; Neurotuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous brain abscess

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRANULATION TISSUE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; PUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0036555931     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0575-2     Document Type: Article

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