Gas-containing otogenic brain abscess

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 271-273

  Paolini, Sergio ^a,c   Ralli, Giovanni ^b   Ciappetta, Pasquale ^a   Raco, Antonino ^b  

^a S MARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Craniotomy; Gas

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DETERIORATION; GAS; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036762978     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00804-2     Document Type: Article

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