Primary tuberculous cerebellar abscess in an immunucompetent adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 875-876

  Naama, Okacha ^a   Boulahroud, Omar ^a   Elouennass, Mostapha ^a   Akhaddar, Ali ^a   Gazzaz, Miloudi ^a   Elmoustarchid, Brahim ^a   Boucetta, Mohamed ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cerebellar abscess; Immunocompetent adult; Tuberculous abscess

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; VOMITING;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77951752991     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3397     Document Type: Article

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