Brain abscess in a neonate: An unusual presentation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-142

  de Oliveira, Ricardo Santos ^a   Pinho, Vitor Ferreira ^a   Madureira, João Flávio Gurjão ^a   Machado, Helio Rubens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Neonate; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 33846094365     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0239-8     Document Type: Article

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