Operative intracranial infection following craniotomy

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Dashti, Shervin R ^a   Baharvahdat, Humain ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Sauvageau, Eric ^a   Chang, Steven W ^a   Stiefel, Michael F ^a   Park, Min S ^a   Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a,b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Postperative cranial infection; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57049088723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/6/E10     Document Type: Article

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