Cerebellar abscess caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 621-622

  Süzük, Serap ^a,b   Yetener, Vedat ^a   Ergüngör, Fikret ^a   Balaban, Neriman ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OTORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 4544273800     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410018139     Document Type: Article

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