Cerebral melioidosis for the first time in the western hemisphere: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1591-1595

  Vestal, Matthew L ^a,b,c   Wong, Emily B ^b,c,d   Milner Jr , Dan A ^b,c   Gormley, William B ^b,c   Dunn, Ian F ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Cerebral melioidosis; Infection; Melioidosis; Neurological melioidosis; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; PHENAZOPYRIDINE PLUS SULFAMETHOXAZOLE PLUS TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CAMBODIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL MELIOIDOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRAMARITAL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84889244984     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS12555     Document Type: Article

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