Brain abscess in children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 609-611

  Shahzad, Khubaib ^a   Hamid, M Haroon ^a,b   Khan, M Ali ^a   Malik, Nadeem ^a   Maqbool, Sajid ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cyanotic congenital heart disease; Mastoiditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MASTOIDITIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAKISTAN; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 31744437493     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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