Cryptococccal meningoencephalitis after H1N1 influenza

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hosseinnezhad, Alireza ^a   Rapose, Alwyn ^a  

^a SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855874857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.11.2011.5224     Document Type: Article

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