Disseminated miliary cerebral candidiasis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1303-1306

  Lai, Ping Hong ^a   Lin, Shu Ming ^a   Pan, Huay Ben ^a   Yang, Chien Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Infection; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031546127     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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