Scopulariopsis associated meningitis in adult Nigerian AIDS patient - A case report

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-365

  Nwabuisi, C ^a   Salami, A K ^a   Abdullahi, N A ^a   Agbede, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Meningitis; Scopulariopsis species

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NIGERIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RESTLESSNESS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DEUTEROMYCETES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NIGERIA;

EID: 2342531134     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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