Pathology of fungal infections of the central nervous system: 17 Years' experience from Southern India

Histopathology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 396-405

  Sundaram, C ^a   Umabala, P ^a   Laxmi, V ^a   Purohit, A K ^a   Prasad, V S S V ^a   Panigrahi, M ^a   Sahu, B P ^a   Sarathi, M V ^a   Kaul, S ^a   Borghain, R ^a   Meena, A K ^a   Jayalakshmi, S S ^a   Suvarna, A ^a   Mohandas, S ^a   Murthy, J M K ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Central nervous system; Fungal infections; Immunocompetent; Pathology; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 33748748035     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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