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Brain Abscess

Known as: abscess cerebral, BRAIN, ABSCESS, Brain Abscess [Disease/Finding] 
A circumscribed collection of purulent exudate in the brain, due to bacterial and other infections. The majority are caused by spread of infected… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Two consecutive cases of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea after septoplasty operation.
Review
1998
Review
1998
Cerebral fungal infections in the immunocompromised host: a literature review and a new pathogen--Chaetomium atrobrunneum: case report.
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE A case of a cerebral abscess, occurring in a patient who had undergone bone marrow transplant, caused by… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Clindamycin and metronidazole.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Continual intracavitary administration of amphotericin B as an adjunct in the treatment of aspergillus brain abscess: case report and review of the literature.
Aspergillus brain abscess is often a fatal disease, regardless of the mode of therapy. Most often seen in the compromised host… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Brain abscess caused by Cladosporium trichoides.
Brain abscess caused by the fungus Cladosporium trichoides is rare. Only 20 cases of brain abscess caused by this fungus are… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Tuberculous brain abscess and Toxoplasma encephalitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
INFECTIOUS diseases of the central nervous system among immunocompromised patients are not uncommon but rarely involve more than… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Steroids in the treatment of brain edema.
Brain edema accompanies a wide variety of pathologic processes and contributes to the morbidity and mortality of many neurologic… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Cholinergic enzymatic activity of cerebrospinal fluid of patients with various neurologic diseases.
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
Experimental brain abscesses in the rabbit
In the clinically negative cases (10) arthrography proved the cartilages to be normal in four. In one there was evidence of… 
Review
1941
Review
1941
CEREBRAL ABSCESS AND PARADOXIC EMBOLISM ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: REPORT OF SEVEN CASES, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Of the 25,620 autopsies performed during the past twenty-one and a half years by the department of pathology of the Los Angeles… 
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