A case of isolated and transient splenial lesion of the corpus callosum associated with disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 156-158

  Hong, Ji Man ^a   Joo, In Soo ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Demyelination; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFAMANDOLE; ELECTROLYTE; SODIUM ION; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEHYDRATION; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MENINX; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; X RAY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; JOINTS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33750503999     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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