Dural sinus thrombosis in melioidosis: The first case report

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-247

  Niyasom, Suchada ^a   Sithinamsuwan, Pasiri ^a,b   Udommongkol, Chesda ^a   Suwantamee, Jithanorm ^a  

^a Phramongkutklao Hospital   (Thailand)

^b PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dural sinus thrombosis; Melioidosis; Neuromelioidosis; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; HEPARIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SYMPTOM; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEFTAZIDIME; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PHENYTOIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645967170     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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