Central nervous system abscesses due to Coccidioides species

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-250

  Bañuelos, Alfonso F ^a   Williams, Paul L ^b   Johnson, Royce H ^b   Bibi, Salah ^b   Fredricks, David N ^b   Gilroy, Shelley A ^b   Bhatti, Sana U ^b   Aguet, Jaime ^b   Stevens, David A ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030062774     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.240     Document Type: Article

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