Central Nervous System Infections: Meningitis and Brain Abscess

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-623

  Honda, Hitoshi ^a   Warren, David K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Diagnosis; Meningitis; Subdural empyema; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MENINGITIS;

EID: 68149183036     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.04.009     Document Type: Review

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