Intracranial abscess: Current concepts in management

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 238-250

  Rappaport, Zvi Harry ^a   Vajda, Janos ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Brain abscess; Complications; Imaging; Intracranial infection; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036726126     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200209000-00004     Document Type: Review

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