Propionibacterium infection associated with bovine pericardium dural allograft

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-185

  Barkhoudarian, Garni ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^a   Thompson, B Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine pericardium; Dural allograft; Intracranial empyema; Postoperative infection; Propionibacterium species

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COLLAGEN; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COW; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; GRAFT INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BANDAGE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; DURA MATER; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

EID: 24944584785     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.103.1.0182     Document Type: Article

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