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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Multiple brain abscesses caused by infection with

Zifeng Zhu, Zhehao Huang, Zhenshengnan Li, Xianglan Li, Chao Du, Yu Tian

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Zifeng ZhuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Zhehao HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Zhenshengnan LiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
Xianglan LiLaboratory of Fungus, Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Chao DuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.
Yu TianDepartment of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present case report described the initial diagnosis of a 25-year old female with a brain abscess consisting of two lesions 0.2 and 2.9 cm

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brain abscessCandida glabratalesionsmagnetic resonance imagingstereotactic surgery

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PMID29456643
PMCPMC5795773

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