Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Ramichloridium obovoideum (Ramichloridium mackenziei): Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 372-375

  Podnos, Yale D ^a   Anastasio, Patrick ^b   De La Maza, Luis ^b   Kim, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Dematiaceous fungal infection; Phaeohyphomycosis; Ramichloridium obovoideum

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DRAINAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES;

EID: 0032865494     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199908000-00034     Document Type: Article

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