The role of biopsy in the diagnosis of infections of the central nervous system

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jansen, M ^a   Corcoran, D ^a   Bermingham, N ^a   Keohane, C ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; BONE BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77749252311     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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