First case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Nattrassia mangiferae in Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 285-286

  Geramishoar, Mohsen ^a   Zomorodian, Kamiar ^a   Zaini, Farideh ^a   Saadat, Farshid ^a   Tarazooie, Bita ^a   Norouzi, Mehdi ^a   Rezaie, Sassan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NATTRASSIA MANGIFERAE; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IRAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI;

EID: 13844306266     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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