Tubercular brain abscess - case report

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-103

  Dohe, Vaishali B ^a   Deshpande, Smita K ^a   Bharadwaj, Renu S ^a  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PAPILLEDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649555086     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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