Intracranial infectious aneurysm: Presentation, management and outcome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Kannoth, Sudheeran ^a   Iyer, Rajesh ^a   Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a   Furtado, Sunil V ^a   Rajesh, B J ^a   Kesavadas, C ^a   Radhakrishnan, V V ^a   Sarma, P S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Infectious aneurysm (IA); Infective endocarditis (IE); Meningitis; Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIP; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL INFECTIOUS ANEURYSM; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147154914     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.044     Document Type: Article

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