Survival of a neglected case of brain abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 651-654

  Delfino, D ^a   De Hoog, S ^b   Polonelli, L ^c   Benecchi, M ^c   Fanti, F ^c   Galatioto, S ^a   Manti, G ^a   Cusumano, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black yeast; Brain surgery; Cerebral abscess; Cladophialophora bantiana; Fluconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMANS; MALE;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 33750442873     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600637690     Document Type: Article

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