Central nervous system pseudallescheriasis after near-drowning

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-352

  Panichpisal, Kessarin ^a   Nugent, Kenneth ^a   Sarria, Juan C ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS infection; Near drowning; Pseudallescheria boydii

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; PROTEIN; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCOMYCETES; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOSIS; NEAR DROWNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MADUROMYCOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646098399     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.10.013     Document Type: Review

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