Brain abscesses after Serratia marcescens infection on a neonatal intensive care unit: Differences on serial imaging

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-152

  Messerschmidt, A ^a   Prayer, A ^a   Olischar, M ^a   Pollak, A ^a   Birnbacher, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonates; Serratia marcescens; Sonography

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MIDAZOLAM;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642269029     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1140-8     Document Type: Article

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