Rapid gas-forming brain abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae. Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1060-

  Liliang, Po Chou ^a   Hung, Kuo Sheng ^b   Cheng, Ching Hsiao ^b   Chen, Han Jung ^b   Ohta, Ikuho ^b   Lui, Chun Chung ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Computerized tomography scanning; Intracranial gas; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; GAS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344560641     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.1060     Document Type: Article

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