Brain abscess: Management and outcome analysis of a computed tomography era experience with 973 patients

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 716-726

  Nathoo, Narendra ^a,c   Nadvi, Sameer S ^a,b   Narotam, Pradeep K ^a,d   Van Dellen, James R ^a,e  

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

^b St Augustine's Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Alegent Health Neuroscience Specialists   (United States)

^d Union Hospital   (United States)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cranial infections; Health care; Otogenic; Paranasal; Sinusitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEATOMA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DRAINAGE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEADACHE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TELEMEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959736498     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.11.043     Document Type: Review

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