Brain abscess in 142 patients: factors influencing outcome and mortality

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-562

  Tseng, Jen Ho ^a   Tseng, Ming Yuan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Outcome; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO TAILED TEST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646572215     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.09.029     Document Type: Article

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