First report of brain abscess associated with pseudozyma species in a patient with astrocytoma

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-288

  Hwang, Sangsun ^a   Kim, Juwon ^b   Yoon, Seoyoung ^b   Cha, Yeji ^b   Kim, Myungsook ^b   Yong, Dongeun ^b   Chang, Jong Hee ^b   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^b   Uh, Young ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Molecular diagnostic techniques; Pseudozyma species

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; USTILAGINALES;

AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASES; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; USTILAGINALES;

EID: 77955498204     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.3.284     Document Type: Article

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