Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis-a cure at what lengths?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 376-383

  Li, Dong Ming ^a,b   de Hoog, G Sybren ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TERBINAFINE;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MUSCLE SPASM; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VASCULITIS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CLADOSPORIUM; EUROTIUM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YEASTS;

EID: 65649106188     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70131-8     Document Type: Review

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