Brain abscess - Overview;Heilaígero - Yfirlitsgrein

Laeknabladid

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-31

  Sveinsson, O A ^a   Asgeirsson, H ^a   Olafsson, I H ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Cerebral abscess; Cerebritis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872352520     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17992/lbl.2013.01.478     Document Type: Article

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