Central nervous system paracoccidioidomycosis: Diagnosis and treatment

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Dos Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Carlotti Jr , Carlos Gilberto ^a   Colli, Benedicto Oscar ^a   Canheu, Alexandre ^a   Matias, Caio ^a   Furlanetti, Luciano ^a   Martinez, Roberto ^a   Takayanagui, Osvaldo Massaiti ^b   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^b   Serafini, Luciano Neder ^a   Chimelli, Leila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Division of Neurology

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti fungal treatment; Central nervous system; Imported mycosis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHUNTING; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 19944385561     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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