Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis: analysis of 13 cases observed in an endemic area in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 414-420

  Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda ^a,b   de Oliveira, Priscilla Alexandrino ^b   Aguiar, Eliana Setti Albuquerque ^b   Aguiar, José Ivan Albuquerque ^b   da Cunha, Rivaldo Venâncio ^b   Leme, Lígia Maria ^b   Salgado, Pedro Rippel ^b   Domingos, João Américo ^b   Ferraz, Renato Lima ^b   Chang, Marilene Rodrigues ^b   Bóia, Márcio Neves ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Central nervous system; Neurological manifestations; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN STEM; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; PARESIS;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 33846688378     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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