Sepsis and meningoencephalitis due to Rhodotorula glutinis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, diagnosed at autopsy

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-307

  Pamidimukkala, Umabala ^a   Challa, Sundaram ^a   Lakshmi, Vemu ^a   Tandon, Ashwani ^a   Kulkarni, Srinivas ^a   Raju, Satyanarayana ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fungemia; Meningoencephalitis; Postmortem blood culture; Rhodotorula; SLE

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 35048817898     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.35695     Document Type: Article

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