Neurosurgical management of extraaxial central nervous system infections in children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 441-451

  Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Vachhrajani, Shobhan ^a   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^a   Taylos, Michael D ^a   DirkS, Peter ^a   Drake, JameS M ^a   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical venous thrombosis; Epidural abscess; Intracranial complication; Meningitis; Sinusitis; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONTARIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPHINING;

EID: 79955639496     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.PEDS09500     Document Type: Article

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