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Pediatric brain abscess – etiology, management challenges and outcome in Lagos Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Brain abscess in children is a neurosurgical emergency with potentially catastrophic outcome despite the advances made in neuroimaging techniques and antibiotic therapy. Symptoms are nonspecific and may vary with the child’s age, location, size, numbers and stage of abscess, and the prim...

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Autores principales:	Kanu, Okezie Obasi, Ojo, Omotayo, Esezobor, Christopher, Bankole, Olufemi, Olatosi, John, Ogunleye, Ezekiel, Asoegwu, Chinyere, Eghosa, Morgan, Adebayo, Bamidele, Oladele, Rita, Nwawolo, Clement
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Scientific Scholar 2021
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8720435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34992909 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_605_2021

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