Microbiology of intracranial abscesses and their associated sinusitis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1017-1019

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFLORA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTEROIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 28144447882     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.11.1017     Document Type: Review

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