Intracranial infections caused by actinomyces species

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 261-262

  Roth, Jonathan ^a   Ram, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Brain abscess; Cerebral infection; Complication; Polymicrobial; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NOTE;

EID: 78650400787     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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