Bacterial brain abscesses: A retrospective study of 94 patients admitted to an intensive care unit (1980 to 1999)

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Tattevin, Pierre ^a,b   Bruneel, Fabrice ^a   Clair, Bernard ^a   Lellouche, François ^a   De Broucker, Thomas ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^a   Bédos, Jean Pierre ^a   Wolff, Michel ^a   Régnier, Bernard ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL; TOOTH ABSCESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FRANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042737698     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00292-4     Document Type: Article

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