Fungal meningitic hydrocephalus with repeated shunt malfunction: Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Kagawa, Reiko ^a   Okada, Yoshikazu ^b   Moritake, Kouzo ^b  

^a Muikaichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Fungal meningitis; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; SHUNTING;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; RECURRENCE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 38749108777     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.43     Document Type: Article

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