Cerebellar abscess due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent patient: Case report and literature review

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 127-129

  Ulivieri, S ^a   Oliveri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquired immonudeficiency syndrome; Cerebellar abscess; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33846441991     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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