Brain abscess due to Listeria monocytogenes in adults: Six cases and review of the literature;Absceso cerebral del adulto por Listeria monocytogenes: presentación de 6 casos y revisión de la literatura médica

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Moragas, Mireia ^a   Martínez Yélamos, Sergio ^a   Murillo, Óscar ^b   Fernández Viladrich, Pedro ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebritis; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75049083538     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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