Early brain abscess: A rare complication of deep brain stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1395-1397

  VanderHorst, Veronique G ^a   Papavassiliou, Efstathios ^a   Tarsy, Daniel ^a   Shih, Ludy C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB TREMOR; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPEECH DISORDER; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69549085105     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22569     Document Type: Article

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