Cerebral blastomycosis: A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-824

  Chander, Bal ^a   Deb, Prabal ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Mehta, Vir Singh ^a   Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Fungus; Intracranial

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MENINGIOMA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 37349025714     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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