Successful medical treatment of multiple cryptococcomas : Report of a case and literature review

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 990-999

  Arayawichanont, Arkhom ^a   Prayoonwiwat, Naraporn ^a   Churojana, Anchalee ^a   Sangruchi, Tumtip ^a   Poungvarin, Niphon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cerebral Cryptococcosis; CNS Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcoma

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; INDIAN INK;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GRAM STAINING; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAPILLEDEMA; PLEOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032777293     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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