Laboratory investigation of fungal infections of the central nervous system

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Davis, John ^a   Costello, Daniel ^a   Venna, Nagagopal ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal encephalitis; Fungal infection; Fungal meningitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPERGILLUS; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREIGN BODY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 35048837051     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.35684     Document Type: Review

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