Intracerebral Abscess after Abutment Change of a Bone Anchored Hearing Aid (BAHA)

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 896-899

  Scholz, Martin ^a,b   Eufinger, Harald ^a   Anders, Agnes ^a   Illerhaus, Bernd ^a   König, Matthias ^a   Schmieder, Kirsten ^a   Harders, Albrecht ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAHA; Brain abscess; CT guided puncture

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE ANCHORED HEARING AID; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE SCREWS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242608620     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200311000-00013     Document Type: Article

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