Multiple cerebral amoebic abscesses in a child

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1271-1272

  Di Rocco, F ^a   Sabatino, G ^a   Tamburrini, G ^a   Ranno, O ^a   Valentini, P ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Akalan, Nejat ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VERNAMYCIN;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRAIN; FIRST AID; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 8744270016     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0389-y     Document Type: Article

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