An Intracranial Petri Dish? Formation of Abscess in Prior Large Stroke after Decompressive Hemicraniectomy

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1495.e5-1495.e9

  Wang, Jieqi ^a   Fraser, Justin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Intracranial abscess; Ischemic stroke; Secondary infection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FONTANEL; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; PETRI DISH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURVIVAL; SYNTHETIC BONE GRAFT; WEAKNESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STROKE;

EID: 84946616163     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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