A case of a bacterial brain abscess presenting as symptoms of 'sudden stroke-like' onset

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-448

  Mori, Kenji ^a   Miwa, Kazuhiro ^a   Hara, Shigem ^a   Nakashima, Toshihiko ^a   Ueda, Tatsuya ^c   Yokoyama, Kazutoshi ^c   Sakai, Noboru ^b  

^a Chubu Ryogo Center   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral infraction; Infective endocarditis; Septic emboli; Sudden stroke like onset

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FOSFOMYCIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MINOCYCLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

EID: 0037386543     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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