Bacillus cereus causing intratumoral brain abscess
We report a case of intratumoral brain abscess due to Bacillus cereus in an adult male patient, which was managed successfully with excision of lesion and piperacillin-tazobactam for the duration of 5 weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first case report of B. cereus infection leading to...
Main Authors: | Karnika Saigal, Vikas Gautam, Gagandeep Singh, Pallab Ray |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2016;volume=59;issue=4;spage=554;epage=556;aulast=Saigal |
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