Pseudallescheria boydii infection of the brain: Imaging with pathologic confirmation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 589-592

  Albernaz, Vanessa ^a   Huston, Butch ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a   Mukherji, Suresh ^a   Bouldin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infection; Transplants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029940752     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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