Brain abscess caused by aerobic Gram-negative bacilli: Clinical features and therapeutic outcomes

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-65

  Rau, Cheng Shyuan ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Lin, Ying Chao ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Liliang, Po Chou ^a   Su, Thung Ming ^a   Tsai, Yu Duan ^a   Chang, Chin Jung ^a   Lee, Ping Yu ^a   Lin, Mei Ween ^a   Cheng, Ben Chung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Brain abscess; Gram negative bacilli

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORTALITY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SURVIVAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036891349     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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