Successful treatment of histoplasmosis brain abscess with voriconazole

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 666-667

  Srinivasan, Jayashri ^a   Ooi, Winnie W ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARM; BONE MARROW DISEASES; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; LIVER ABSCESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 43549125258     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.5.666     Document Type: Article

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