Staphylococcus cohnii as a cause of multiple brain abscesses in Weber-Christian disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Yamashita, Satoshi ^a,c   Yonemura, Kiminobu ^a   Sugimoto, Ryoko ^a   Tokunaga, Makoto ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple brain abscesses; Panniculitis; Soluble interleukin 2 receptor; Staphylococcus cohnii; Subcutaneous inflammatory nodules; Weber Christian disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, NODULAR NONSUPPURATIVE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644447792     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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