Tuberculous brain abscesses: Case series and review of literature

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-157

  Menon, Sarala ^a   Bharadwaj, Renu ^a   Chowdhary, A S ^a   Kaundinya, D V ^a   Palande, D A ^a  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Pyogenic; Tuberculous MR Spectra

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 80051878447     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.83581     Document Type: Review

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