Tuberculous brain abscesses in immunocompetent patients: Management and outcome

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1081-1087

  Cárdenas, Graciela ^a   Soto Hernández, José Luis ^a   Orozco, Rosalba Vega ^a   Silva, Erik Guevara ^b   Revuelta, Rogelio ^a   Amador, Juan Luis Gomez ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anti tuberculous treatment; Surgical drainage; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous brain abscesses

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958009506     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181eda396     Document Type: Review

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