Aspiration cytology of brain abscess from a fatal case of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Ramichloridium mackenziei

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 695-699

  Amr, Samir S ^a,b   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis; Dematiaceous fungi; FNA cytology of CNS; Ramichloridium mackenziei

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMICHLORIDIUM MACKENZIEI; SAUDI ARABIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 35648986170     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20724     Document Type: Article

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