Successful therapy of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Ramichloridium mackenziei with the new triazole posaconazole

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Al Abdely, H M ^a   Alkhunaizi, A M ^b   Al Tawfiq, J A ^b   Hassounah, M ^a   Rinaldi, M G ^c   Sutton, D A ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Phaeohyphomycosis; Posaconazole; Ramichloridium

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

RAMICHLORIDIUM; RAMICHLORIDIUM MACKENZIEI;

EID: 13244253740     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780400011104     Document Type: Article

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