Cerebral abscess as a delayed complication of halo fixation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1015-1016

  Ray, A ^a,b   Iyer, R V ^a   King, A T ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRAIN; EXCISION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HALO EFFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARESIS; REOPERATION; SPINAL FRACTURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TELENCEPHALON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33748360322     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-0799-0     Document Type: Article

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