Coccidioidomycosis revealed by specific cutaneous lesions occurring after placement of a ventricular cardiac shunt for chronic meningitis;Coccidioïdomycose révélée par des lésions cutanées spécifiques survenues après une dérivation ventriculo-cardiaque pour méningite chronique

Presse Medicale

Volumn 37, Issue 6 PART 1, 2008, Pages 970-974

  Buot, Geneviève ^a,c   Bachmeyer, Claude ^b   Haettich Pialoux, Barbara ^c   Bélangé, Georges ^c   Thiébaut, Jean Baptiste ^c   Dupont, Bertrand ^d   Binet, Olivier ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; SHUNTING; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 44349090235     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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