Myeloradiculitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans infection in a patient with ulcerative colitis: A neuropathological study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-238

  Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Tokunaga, Hideaki ^a   Kubo, Ikuko ^a   Kawajiri, Masakazu ^a   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kira, Jun ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryotpcoccus neoformans; Meningitis; Myeloradiculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; DOPAMINE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DYSURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMPOTENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOSIS; MYELORADICULITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL ROOT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33748069124     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.050     Document Type: Article

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