Spindle cell pseudotumor of the brain associated with Mycobacterium haemophilum and Mycobacterium simiae mixed infection in a patient with AIDS: the first case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-424

  Phowthongkum, Prasit ^a   Puengchitprapai, Apatcha ^a   Udomsantisook, Nibhondh ^b   Tumwasorn, Somying ^b   Suankratay, Chusana ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium haemophilum; Mycobacterium simiae; Spindle cell pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL PSEUDOTUMOR; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 44649145278     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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