Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis caused by Bipolaris spicifera after heart transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Rosow, L ^a   Jiang, J X ^b,c   Deuel, T ^a,d   Lechpammer, M ^a,e   Zamani, A A ^a,e   Milner, D A ^a,e   Folkerth, R ^a,e   Marty, F M ^a,e   Kesari, S ^a,c,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolaris spicifera; Brain abscess; Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; Phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BETA GLUCAN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; MICAFUNGIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TERBINAFINE; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBRAL PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79961202757     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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