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Brain Abscess

Brain Abscess is a focal intracerebral infection characterized by the parenchymal accumulation of pus within a well-defined capsule, resulting from bacterial or fungal invasion and distinguished from other central nervous system infections by its localized, space-occupying nature.

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Neurological complications of acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Analysis of 50 patients

William D. Snider, David M. Simpson, Surl L. Nielsen et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1983 · 1.4K citations

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ANTIGENIC SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BRAIN COMPONENTS AND BACTERIA CAUSING MENINGITIS

Jukka Finne, Maija Leinonen, P. Helena Mäkelä · The Lancet · 1983 · 803 citations

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Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus constellatus, and Streptococcus anginosus (the Streptococcus milleri group): association with different body sites and clinical infections

Robert A. Whiley, D. Beighton, T.G. Winstanley et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1992 · 407 citations · Full text

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Postoperative Central Nervous System Infection: Incidence and Associated Factors in 2111 Neurosurgical Procedures

Shearwood McClelland, Walter A. Hall · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 403 citations · Full text

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Discrimination of brain abscess from necrotic or cystic tumors by diffusion-weighted echo planar imaging

Toshihiko Ebisu, Chuzo Tanaka, Masahiro Umeda et al. · Magnetic Resonance Imaging · 1996 · 350 citations

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    Rakesh K. Gupta

    Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Tammy Kielian

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Wen‐Neng Chang

    Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

    16 publications · 592 citations

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    Kashi Nath Prasad

    Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Cheng‐Hsien Lu

    Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

    15 publications · 646 citations

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  1. Neurological Surgery

    Rockville Centre, United States

    25 h-index

    138 publications

    7K citations

  2. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

    Lucknow, India

    20 h-index

    102 publications

    5.2K citations

  3. Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    18 h-index

    128 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. King George's Medical University

    Lucknow, India

    17 h-index

    54 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    16 h-index

    50 publications

    2K citations

  6. Chang Gung University

    Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    16 h-index

    78 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    14 h-index

    62 publications

    5.7K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 296 publications · 8.4K citations

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  2. Journal of neurosurgery

    JNS · 112 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. Neurosurgery

    75 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. Journal of Clinical Microbiology

    JCM · 50 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Clinical Infectious Diseases

    CID · 41 publications · 2.7K citations

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