Multiple infectious intracranial lesions of Mycobacterium genavense in an immunocompromised patient

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-83

  Uchino, Haruto ^a   Terasaka, Shunsuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeru ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawai, Kagari ^a   Kubota, Kanako ^b   Ooe, Shinji ^c   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Department of General Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Central nervous system; Immunodeficiency; Mycobacterium genavense; Nontuberculous mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DYSARTHRIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; NEURONAVIGATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PERIFOCAL EDEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL;

EID: 79551601054     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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