Cerebral infections

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-493

  Karampekios, Spyros ^a   Hesselink, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Immunosuppression; Infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CALVARIA; CANDIDA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS; MENINX; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OTITIS; PAPOVAVIRUS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUSITIS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14844318492     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2556-1     Document Type: Article

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