Brain abscess following intra-arterial thrombolytic treatment for acute brain ischemia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 968-970

  Yamanaka, Kazunori ^a   Ishihara, Masahiro ^b   Nakajima, Shin ^a   Yamasaki, Mami ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Complication; Intra arterial thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; UROKINASE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLEEDING; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; THIENAMYCINS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 79958108064     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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