Piperacillin/tazobactam in treatment of brain abscess

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-226

  Ameli, Javad ^a   Vahid, Pourfarziani ^a   Kazem, Ghoddousi ^a   Alireza, Saadat ^a   Gholamali, Ghorbani ^a   Qulamreza, Karami ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GADOLINIUM; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644609929     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500348978     Document Type: Article

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