Candida Albicans cerebral granuloma in an immunocompetent patient. A case report;Granulome cérébral à Candida albicans chez un patient immunocompétent. Cas clinique

Neurochirurgie

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Borha, A ^a   Parienti, J J ^a   Emery, E ^a   Coskun, O ^a   Khouri, S ^a   Derlon, J M ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cerebral candidiasis; Diffusion MRI; Granuloma

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MENINGITIS; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58549116692     PISSN: 00283770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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