Multiple brain abscesses due to Penicillium spp infection

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-170

  Noritomi, Danilo Teixeira ^a   Bub, Guilherme Linhares ^a   Beer, Idal ^a   Da Silva, Alóisio Souza Felipe ^a   De Cleva, Roberto ^a,b   Gama Rodrigues, Joaquim José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CNS infection; Fungal infection; Penicilliosis; Penicillium spp

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PENICILLIUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISUAL FIELD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 21444444872     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000300010     Document Type: Article

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