Propionibacterium acnes brain abscess appearing 10 years after neurosurgery

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 793-795

  Kranick, Sarah M ^a,b   Vinnard, Christopher ^a   Kolson, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 67049172480     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.75     Document Type: Article

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