Retrospective analysis of 49 cases of brain abscess and review of the literature

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Carpenter, J ^a   Stapleton, S ^a   Holliman, R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LONDON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846137712     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0236-6     Document Type: Review

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