Brain abscess

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 763-781

  Mathisen, Glenn E ^a   Patrick Johnson, J ^b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEACETYLCEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFADIAZINE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 20644468816     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515541     Document Type: Review

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