Brain abscess due to Streptococcus sanguis

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-132

  Dhawan, B ^a   Lyngdoh, V ^a   Mehta, V S ^a   Chaudhry, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; SKULL FRACTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 0042303953     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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