Purulent meningitis with unusual diffusion-weighted MRI findings

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Abe, M ^a   Takayama, Y ^a   Yamashita, H ^a   Noguchi, M ^a   Sagoh, T ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI); Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); Purulent meningitis

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

CEREBRAL CONVEXITIES;

RADIOLOGY;

CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036804506     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(01)00471-5     Document Type: Article

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