A case of amebic brain abscess

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 919-925

  Morishita, Akitsugu ^a,b   Yamamoto, Hirotaka ^a   Aihara, Hideo ^a  

^a Toyooka Hospital

^b Toyooka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Chemotherapy; Entamoeba histolytica

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BASAL GANGLION; BIOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PUS; SOMNOLENCE; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; WEAKNESS;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRAINAGE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548827968     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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