Delayed infection of the Ommaya reservoir

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 956-957

  Park, Deric M ^a   DeAngelis, Lisa M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037167545     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.6.956     Document Type: Article

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