A Case of Brain Abscess Associated with Asymptomatic Multiple Myeloma

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1303-1307

  Nishimoto, Takeshi ^a,b   Monden, Shuji ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^a  

^a Onomichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Kitakyuushuu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Corynebacterium; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; FOSFOMYCIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; LEVOFLOXACIN; M PROTEIN; MINOCYCLINE; SULPERAZON; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0346396219     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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