Tuberculous brain abscess-Case eport

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 419-420

  Gupta, Veenu ^a   Chhina, Deepinder ^a   Kaushal, R K ^a   Gupta, Rama ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculous brain abscess; Ziehl Neelsen staining

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FRONTAL LOBE MASS; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SPLENOMEGALY; STAINING; TUBERCULIN TEST; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

EID: 84865076959     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60092-9     Document Type: Article

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