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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
2003
Review
2003
Phaeohyphomycosis of the central nervous system in immunocompetent hosts: report of a case and review of the literature.
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… 
1980
1980
Results of two-stage surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Cholinergic enzymatic activity of cerebrospinal fluid of patients with various neurologic diseases.
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