Acute cerebrovascular incident caused by septic emboli: A case report

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-328

  Antić, Sonja ^a   Vargek Solter, Vesna ^a   Trkanjec, Zlatko ^a   Morović, Sandra ^a   Breitenfeld, Tomislav ^a   Supanc, Višnja ^a   Jurišić, Davor ^a   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia complications; Endocarditis, bacterial complications; Intracranial embolism complications; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOXACILLIN; CREATININE; NETYLMICIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSULA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; SEPTIC EMBOLI; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC DISEASES; STROKE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 74049089198     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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