Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Rhinocladiella mackenziei (formerly Ramichloridium mackenziei): Case presentation and literature review

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-102

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Boukhamseen, Ali ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Phaeohyphomycosis; Ramichloridium mackenziei; Rhinocladiella mackenziei

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE EAST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCLADIELLA MACKENZIEI; STEREOTACTIC ASPIRATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958264928     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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