Central Nervous System Infections in Immunocompromised Patients
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The computed tomographic (CT) scan appearance of parenchymal central nervous system (CNS) infection in 12 immunosuppressed patients was unlike that of the usual bacterial abscess in immunologically intact hosts. The lesions were poorly circumscribed and of low density. Contrast enhancement was minimal and did not assume a "ring" configuration. These CT scan findings heralded a poor prognosis. C...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1528-4042,1534-6293
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-021-01119-w