An unusual case of ruptured distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm associated with brucellosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Erdogan, Bulent ^a   Sener, Levent ^a   Ozsahin, Kursat ^a   Savas, Lutfu ^a   Caner, Hakan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN SURGERY; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NONHUMAN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27644469083     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.029     Document Type: Article

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