Meningitis due to Prototheca wickerhamii: Rare case in China

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Zhang, Qiang Qiang ^a   Zhu, Li Ping ^a   Weng, Xin Hua ^a   Li, Li ^a   Wang, Jia Jun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARBOHYDRATE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHINA; CHLORELLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; RARE DISEASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS;

PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; CHINA; HUMANS; INFECTION; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 34249737601     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601003835     Document Type: Article

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