Brain abscesses - The Groote Schuur experience, 1993-2003

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 79-82

  Sichizya, Kachinga ^a   Fieggen, Graham ^a   Taylor, Allan ^a   Peter, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MASTOIDITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGERY; NOCARDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 24644520535     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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