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Cerebral abscess

Known as: Abscess, cerebral, Brain Abscess, Cerebral Abscesses 
A bacterial, fungal, or parasitic abscess that develops in the cerebral hemispheres. Causes include skull trauma, middle ear infection, congenital… 
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AbscessBrain Abscess

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Amebic brain abscessIntracranial Tuberculoma
BrainCentral Nervous SystemEmpyema, SubduralIntracranial Abscess

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Cladophialophora psammophila, a novel species of Chaetothyriales with a potential use in the bioremediation of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons.
2006
2006
Molecular diagnosis of culture-negative cerebral nocardiosis due to Nocardia abscessus.
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… 
1997
1997
Diagnostic and staged stereotactic aspiration of multiple bihemispheric pyogenic brain abscesses.
Review
1983
Review
1983
Cerebral abscess in the under 6 month age group.
Cerebral abscess is rare in children under 6 months of age but is associated with high mortality and morbidity. We report the 12… 
1981
1981
Citrobacter meningitis and cerebral abscess in early infancy
A 7-week-old boy developed multiple cerebral abscesses as a complication of neonatal Citrobacter diversus meningitis. He was… 
1979
1979
Frontal lobe abscess of dental origin. Report of a case.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
ABSCESSES OF THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN SECONDARY TO COVERT DENTAL SEPSIS
1977
1977
Neonatal salmonella meningitis complicated by cerebral abscesses.
THE SALMONELLA GROUP of bacteria is an unusual but well documented cause of meningitis in infancy.'-4 Mortality in the neonatal… 
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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