International issues: Meningoencephalitis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Francesconi, F ^a   Francesconi Valle, A C ^b   Silva, M T T ^b   Costa, R L B ^b   Carregal, E ^b   Talhari, S ^c  

^a Setor de Odontologia   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149232960     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000335266.60637.c3     Document Type: Article

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