Ventriculitis due to Cryptococcus uniguttulatus

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-66

  McCurdy, Lewis H ^a   Morrow, Jason D ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROTYPING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DRAINAGE; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECURRENCE; SEROTYPING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0035219893     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194010-00012     Document Type: Article

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