Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations for mycotic cerebral aneurysms 2 case reports and review of the literature

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Regelsberger, J ^a   Elsayed, A ^b   Matschke, J ^a   Lindop, G ^b   Grzyska, U ^a   Van Den Boom, L ^a   Venne, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

diagnosis; infectious aneurysm; microbial aneurysm; mycotic aneurysm; therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CEFAZOLIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEFAZOLIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051602621     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: 14389746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1279756     Document Type: Review

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