U.S. case report of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Ramichloridium obovoideum (R. mackenziei): Criteria for identification, therapy, and review of other known dematiaceous neurotropic taxa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 708-715

  Sutton, Deanna A ^a,d   Slifkin, Malcolm ^b   Yakulis, Robert ^b   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROTROPISM; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMICHLORIDIUM OBOVOIDEUM; TAXONOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031915339     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.708-715.1998     Document Type: Article

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