Brain abscess - Diagnosis and management

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Bhand, Ali Akbar ^a,b  

^a Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto Medical University   (Pakistan)

^b Zara Tarqiati Bank ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Burr hole aspiration; Cyanotic heart disease; Fungus; Otitis media; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PAPILLEDEMA; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444358991     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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