Brain abscess: An overview

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-144

  Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a   Jhawar, Sukhdeep ^a   Goel, A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Neurosurgery; Pyogenic; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCYTOSINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79952104535     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.11.005     Document Type: Review

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