Cranial melioidosis presenting as a mass lesion or osteomyelitis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Kumar, G Samson Sujit ^a   Raj, Promila Mohan ^a   Chacko, Geeta ^a   Lalitha, Mukkai K ^a   Chacko, Ari G ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Osteomyelitis; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELIOIDOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC ASPIRATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARIETAL BONE; PARIETAL LOBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949105893     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/2/0243     Document Type: Article

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