Clinical characteristics of fusobacterial brain abscess

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Hsieh, Mei Jen ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^b   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Chen, Shu Fang ^a   Li, Chuei Shiun ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; FOSFOMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947423231     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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