Clinical characteristics and outcome of brain abscess :Systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 806-813

  Brouwer, Matthijs C ^a   Coutinho, Jonathan M ^a   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATALITY; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84895743982     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000172     Document Type: Review

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