Progress in the management of pyogenic cerebral abscesses in non-immunocompromised patients;Progrès dans la prise en charge des abcès cérébraux à pyogènes chez les patients immunocompétents

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 515-521

  Tourret, Jérôme ^a   Yeni, Patrick ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Cerebral abscess; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACTERIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642359684     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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