Pyogenic brain abscess, a 15 year survey

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Helweg Larsen, Jannik ^a   Astradsson, Arnar ^a   Richhall, Humeira ^a   Erdal, Jesper ^b   Laursen, Alex ^c   Brennum, Jannick ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOTOMY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870155587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-332     Document Type: Article

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