Central nervous system paracoccidioidomycosis: Case report and review

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-288

  Tristano, Antonio G ^a,b   Chollet, María Eugenia ^a   Willson, María ^a   Perez, Julián ^a   Troccoli, Marcos ^a  

^a Hospital Dr Domingo Luciani   (Venezuela)

^b Edf Apamates   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULFADIAZINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; EDEMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONSIL DISEASE; ULCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

EID: 4544282390     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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