Unusual presentation of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent patient

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2522-2526

  Saigal, Gaurav ^a   Post, M Judith Donovan ^a   Lolayekar, Sudha ^b   Murtaza, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOTIC MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33644837264     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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