Central nervous system infections in transplant recipients by Cladophialophora bantiana

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-296

  Harrison, D Keith ^a   Moser, Stephen ^a   Palmer, Cheryl Ann ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cladophialophora bantiana; Dematiaceous fungus; Liver transplant; Lung transplant

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASCOMYCETES; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADULT; ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 41849149632     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318164e289     Document Type: Review

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