Fungal versus bacterial brain abscesses: Is diffusion-weighted MR imaging a useful tool in the differential diagnosis?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 651-657

  Mueller Mang, Christina ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^b   Mang, Thomas G ^a   Cartes Zumelzu, Fabiola ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Thurnher, Majda M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Bacterial brain abscess; Diffusion weighted imaging; Fungal brain abscess; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG RESPONSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547415964     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0242-0     Document Type: Review

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