Coccidioidal meningitis and brain abscesses: Analysis of 71 cases at a referral center

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1780-1786

  Drake, Kendra W ^a   Adam, Rodney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BRAIN ABSCESS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; COCCIDIOIDES; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARIZONA; BRAIN ABSCESS; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73349088146     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c34b69     Document Type: Article

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