A cluster of nocardial brain abscesses

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Kennedy, Karina J ^a   Chung, K H Carlos ^a   Bowden, Francis J ^a   Mews, Peter J ^a   Pik, Justin H T ^a   Fuller, John W ^a   Chandran, K Nadana ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain abscess diagnosis; Brain abscess surgery; Climate; Corticosteroids; Environmental change; Nocardia; Nocardia asteroides; Nocardiosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; MINOCYCLINE; PHENYTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DROUGHT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONOTHERAPY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; RELAPSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250659748     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.08.067     Document Type: Article

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