Recurrent Candida tropicalis meningitis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-245

  Dawson, Nancy L ^a   Robles, Hector A ^a   Alvarez, Salvador ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Fluconazole; Meningitis; Microbial sensitivity tests; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 17044372727     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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