Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGII as agent of meningitis in a healthy child in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Report of an autochthonous case;Cryptococcus gattii tipo molecular VGII como agente causador de meningoencefalite em criança saudável no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Relato de um caso autóctone

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 746-748

  Pinto Junior, Vitor Laerte ^a,b   Pone, Marcos Vinicius da Silva ^a   Pone, Sheila Moura ^a   Campos, João Maurício Scarpellini ^a   Garrido, José Roberto Pereira ^a   de Barros, Ana Cláudia Mamede Wiering ^a   Trilles, Luciana ^c   Barbosa, Gláucia Gonçalves Barbosa ^c   Morales, Bernardina Penarrieta ^c   Bezerra, Cláudia de Carvalho Falci ^c   Lazéra, Márcia dos Santos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Immunocompetent; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALT WASTING; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VOMITING;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FUNGI;

EID: 78651097864     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000600032     Document Type: Article

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