Taming an old enemy: A profile of intracranial suppuration

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 484-490

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

^a Wentworth Hospital   (South Africa)

^b St Augustine's Hospital   (South Africa)

^c Alegent Health Neurosciences   (United States)

^d Union Hospital   (United States)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Empyema; History; Public health; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

BALSAM; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TURPENTINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BARLEY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL SUPPURATION; LAVAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PUS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUPPURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; EMPYEMA; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SUPPURATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861827977     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.04.023     Document Type: Review

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