Coccidioidal meningitis after liver transplantation in a nonendemic region: A case report [1]

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-134

  Kotton, Camille N ^a   Marconi, Vincent C ^a   Fishman, Jay A ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a   Elias, Nahel ^a   Hertl, Martin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 31044448446     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000184755.03306.14     Document Type: Letter

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