Catheter-related candidemia caused by Candida lipolytica in a child with tubercular meningitis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 298-300

  Agarwal, Santwana ^a,b   Thakur, Kamlesh ^a   Kanga, Anil ^a   Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Gupta, Poonam ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b C/o Dr CP Agarwal ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Candida sp; Fungal infections; Instrumentation; Intensive care; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCEROL; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANDIDEMIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECEREBRATION; FEVER; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE TONE; OXYGEN BREATHING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; URINE CULTURE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 46949095878     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.41709     Document Type: Article

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