Brain abscess: Clinical aspects of 100 patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Tonon, Eva ^a   Scotton, Pier Giorgio ^a   Gallucci, Maurizio ^b   Vaglia, Alberto ^a  

^a OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^b Regional Hospital C Foncello   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN CANCER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMATOSE PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32844454622     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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