Meningomyeloradiculitis in an immunocompetent patient;Méningomyéloradiculite Candida albicans chez un sujet immunocompétent

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 166, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 741-744

  Carra Dalliere, C ^a   Thouvenot, E ^a   Baptista, G ^a   Le Moing, V ^a   Charif, M ^a  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chronic meningitis; Drug addiction; Myelomeningoradiculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MYELITIS; MYELOMENINGORADICULITIS; RADICULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BACK PAIN; BIOPSY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DURA MATER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955982530     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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