Pyogenic ventriculitis with ruptured brain abscess

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 835-836

  Maeda, Kengo ^a   Sanada, Mitsuru ^a   Kawai, Hiromichi ^a   Fujino, Hiroko ^a   Morita, Yasuo ^a   Itoh, Yutaka ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RUPTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33746905924     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1861     Document Type: Article

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