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Tuberculous brain abscess.

G Tyson·P Newman·W E Strachan
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Abstract

Brain abscess is probably the least common manifestation of tuberculous infection of the central nervous system. Some authors have made a rigid distinction between tuberculous brain abscess and variants of cerebral tuberculoma. Such a distinction is not supported by our own case of tuberculous brain abscess, or by review of similar, recently reported cases.

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G Tyson, P Newman, W E Strachan. 1978. Tuberculous brain abscess.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/725742/

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