Pyogenic Brain Abscess Caused byStreptococcus pneumoniae: Case Report and Review
Open Access
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 25 (5) , 1108-1112
- https://doi.org/10.1086/516097
Abstract
While Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults, cases of pneumococcal brain abscess have rarely been reporKeywords
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