An unusual spinal arachnoiditis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 775-779

  Agrawal, Abhishek ^a   Agrawal, Anushree ^a   Agrawal, Chandrashekhar ^a   Rohtagi, Anshu ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Spinal arachnoiditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOTIC MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ARACHNOIDITIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ARACHNOIDITIS; BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33750695312     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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