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. 2012 Jun;4(6):245-8.
doi: 10.4103/1947-2714.97200.

Pyogenic brain abscess in Thailand

Somsri Wiwanitkit  1 , Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Pyogenic brain abscess in Thailand

Somsri Wiwanitkit et al. N Am J Med Sci. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Pyogenic brain abscess is important in neurology. This infectious disease is fatal and the management is usually complicated. Here, the authors review and discuss the clinical aspects of pyogenic brain abscess found in the earlier reports from a tropical setting in Thailand. The literature review was compiled through standard reference database searching and the derived publications were further extracted to obtain clinical data. The main clinical characteristics of pyogenic brain abscess in this setting were similar to others. However, there are some specific characteristics on the nature of tropical setting.

Keywords: Abscess; Brain; Pyogenic; Tropical.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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