Cerebral abscess caused by Cladosporium bantianum infection: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 413-415

  Raut, Abhijit ^a   Muzumdar, Dattatraya ^a   Narlawar, Ranjeet ^a   Nagar, Arpit ^a   Ahmed, Nadeem ^a   Hira, Priya ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Cladosporium bantianum; Computed tomography; Fungus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM BANTIANUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLADOSPORIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOSES;

EID: 0041819506     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.413     Document Type: Article

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