Late onset Ommaya reservoir infection due to Staphylococcus aureus: Case report and review of Ommaya infections

Journal of Infection

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-198

  Mechleb, B ^a   Khater, F ^a   Eid, A ^a   David, G ^a   Moorman, J P ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTAZIDIME; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RESERVOIR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037382492     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.1111     Document Type: Article

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