Brain abscess caused by Phaeoacremonium parasiticum in an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1171-1174

  McNeil, Candice J ^a   Luo, Robert F ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^a   Banaei, Niaz ^a,b   Ho, Dora Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASPERGILLOSIS; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COUGHING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FUNGUS; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOACREMONIUM PARASITICUM; PHAEOACREMONIUM PARASITICUM INFECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

FUNGI; PHAEOACREMONIUM PARASITICUM;

EID: 79952337294     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00830-10     Document Type: Article

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